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Enum: TailingCharacterizationType

Types of measurements and analyses used to characterize mine tailings and other mineral processing residues for resource recovery potential

URI: valuesets:TailingCharacterizationType

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Permissible Values

Value Title Meaning Description Close Mappings Frameworks Methods Parameters Tests
PARTICLE_SIZE_DISTRIBUTION granulometry CHMO:0002119 Measurement of the distribution of particle sizes in tailing material sieve analysis, laser diffraction, sedimentation
MINERALOGICAL_COMPOSITION Determination of mineral phases present in tailing material using diffraction and spectroscopic methods XRD, SEM-EDS, QEMSCAN, MLA
ACID_GENERATING_POTENTIAL Assessment of the potential for tailings to generate acid drainage through sulfide oxidation acid-base accounting, NAG test, kinetic testing
METAL_CONTENT Quantitative analysis of metal and element concentrations in tailing material CHMO:0001075 ICP-MS, ICP-OES, XRF
MOISTURE_CONTENT Measurement of water content in tailing material affecting stability and handling gravimetric, nuclear moisture gauge
GEOTECHNICAL_STABILITY Assessment of the mechanical and physical stability of tailing storage facilities shear strength, consolidation, liquefaction potential
ENVIRONMENTAL_RISK_CLASSIFICATION Classification of environmental risk based on contaminant mobility, toxicity, and exposure pathways TCLP, WET, environmental impact assessment

Slots

Name Description
tailing_characterization Type of tailing characterization measurement

Identifier and Mapping Information

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name: TailingCharacterizationType
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Types of measurements and analyses used to characterize mine tailings
  and other mineral processing residues for resource recovery potential
title: Tailing Characterization Type
from_schema: https://w3id.org/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  PARTICLE_SIZE_DISTRIBUTION:
    text: PARTICLE_SIZE_DISTRIBUTION
    description: Measurement of the distribution of particle sizes in tailing material
    meaning: CHMO:0002119
    annotations:
      methods:
        tag: methods
        value: sieve analysis, laser diffraction, sedimentation
    title: granulometry
  MINERALOGICAL_COMPOSITION:
    text: MINERALOGICAL_COMPOSITION
    description: Determination of mineral phases present in tailing material using
      diffraction and spectroscopic methods
    annotations:
      methods:
        tag: methods
        value: XRD, SEM-EDS, QEMSCAN, MLA
  ACID_GENERATING_POTENTIAL:
    text: ACID_GENERATING_POTENTIAL
    description: Assessment of the potential for tailings to generate acid drainage
      through sulfide oxidation
    annotations:
      tests:
        tag: tests
        value: acid-base accounting, NAG test, kinetic testing
  METAL_CONTENT:
    text: METAL_CONTENT
    description: Quantitative analysis of metal and element concentrations in tailing
      material
    annotations:
      methods:
        tag: methods
        value: ICP-MS, ICP-OES, XRF
    close_mappings:
    - CHMO:0001075
  MOISTURE_CONTENT:
    text: MOISTURE_CONTENT
    description: Measurement of water content in tailing material affecting stability
      and handling
    annotations:
      methods:
        tag: methods
        value: gravimetric, nuclear moisture gauge
  GEOTECHNICAL_STABILITY:
    text: GEOTECHNICAL_STABILITY
    description: Assessment of the mechanical and physical stability of tailing storage
      facilities
    annotations:
      parameters:
        tag: parameters
        value: shear strength, consolidation, liquefaction potential
  ENVIRONMENTAL_RISK_CLASSIFICATION:
    text: ENVIRONMENTAL_RISK_CLASSIFICATION
    description: Classification of environmental risk based on contaminant mobility,
      toxicity, and exposure pathways
    annotations:
      frameworks:
        tag: frameworks
        value: TCLP, WET, environmental impact assessment