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Rico Argentine Mine

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St Louis Tunnel Ponds - view south towards Rico<br />Date Taken: 6/29/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
St Louis Ponds - tracer dye from Argentine Shaft injection<br />Date Taken: 10/29/2011<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
St. Louis Tunne Adit portal and mine water discharge from the adit. <br />Date Taken: 5/1/2011<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
St Louis Tunnel - discharge from adit, portal in backbround with abandoned WTP.<br />Date Taken: 6/29/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Argentine/Blaine mine property - tailings impoundment (right)<br />Date Taken: 7/29/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Pond 18 lime/metals precip sludge removal<br />Date Taken: 10/29/2011<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Drying Cell - Pond 18 solids<br />Date Taken: 10/29/2011<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Blaine Adit - coffer dam<br />Date Taken: 10/29/2011<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Mine water pool behind the Blaine adit coffer dam at 350 inby. <br />Date Taken: 7/10/2012<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Rock fall debris at the Humbolt crosscut before mine pool was pumped from the Blaine adit. (400 ft inby)<br />Date Taken: 10/1/2011<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
EPA contractors and pump system and manifold at the Blaine adit coffer dam used to remove the pooled water and pump base flow.<br />Date Taken: 7/11/2012<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
rock debris fall from raise above the Humbolt crosscut 400 feet in the Blaine adit - following pumping.<br />Date Taken: 7/11/2002<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Section Dredge on one of the settling ponds removing lime treatment-precipitation solids<br />Date Taken: <br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Close up view of the bioreactor media that is being placed in the vertical flow treatment cell of the Enhanced Demonstration scale system.<br />Date Taken: 9/30/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 37.7071916666667<br />Longitude: -108.031188888889<br />Tags:
Construction of the Enhanced Demonstration Wetland - biochemical treatment system<br />Date Taken: 9/30/2015<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 37.7073166666667<br />Longitude: -108.030608333333<br />Tags:
Water Treatment and Repository Area Overview Photo. Taken from the Northwest corner of the repository berm. The right side of the photo is the demonstration wetlands bioreactor cell. The central/right component is the enhanced demonstration wetlands settling basin, the central/ left is the manganese removal basin, and the left edge is the bioreactor cell.<br />Date Taken: 7/7/2016<br />Category: Treatment Overview<br />Latitude: 37.7072983333333<br />Longitude: -108.030578333333<br />Tags:
Water Treatment and Repository Area Overview Photo. Taken from the Northwest corner of the repository berm. The right side of this photo is the edge of the manganese removal cell in the enhanced demonstration wetlands, the central cell is the bioreactor cell of the enhanced demonstration wetlands, the far left is emptied pond 15.<br />Date Taken: 7/7/2016<br />Category: Treatment Overview<br />Latitude: 37.70729<br />Longitude: -108.030578333333<br />Tags:
Water Treatment and Repository Area Overview Photo. Taken from the Northwest corner of the repository berm. The distant right corner is a pile of materials to be placed in the repository once ready to receive material. The central portion of the photo is the western berm of the repository for treatment solids, and the left is the interior of the repository receiving a layer of gravel over a fabric liner layer.<br />Date Taken: 7/7/2016<br />Category: Treatment Overview<br />Latitude: 37.7072783333333<br />Longitude: -108.030576666667<br />Tags:
Water Treatment and Repository Area Overview Photo. Taken from the Northwest corner of the repository berm. This photo is the repository area receiving a layer of gravel over a fabric liner layer.<br />Date Taken: 7/7/2016<br />Category: Treatment Overview<br />Latitude: 37.7072683333333<br />Longitude: -108.030566666667<br />Tags:
Water Treatment and Repository Area Overview Photo. Taken from the Northwest corner of the repository berm.the right side of the photo is the northern end of the repository area the left portion of the photo is the historic lime treatment plant which is now utilized for housing the telemetry system and addition of treatment agents.<br />Date Taken: 7/7/2016<br />Category: Treatment Overview<br />Latitude: 37.707265<br />Longitude: -108.030563333333<br />Tags:
Water Treatment and Repository Area Overview Photo. Taken from the Northwest corner of the repository berm. The right side of the photo is the influent to the water treatment systems from the mine discharge. The central area is the settling basins and beyond that the horizontal wetland portion of the demonstration wetlands area, the left side of the photo is the demonstration wetlands bio reactor cell.<br />Date Taken: 7/7/2016<br />Category: Treatment Overview<br />Latitude: 37.7072616666667<br />Longitude: -108.030566666667<br />Tags:
Water Treatment Flow Photo. The right water flows from the right side of the photo into the demonstration and enhanced demonstration wetlands though the valve in the center of the photo or into the historic treatment ponds on the left side of the photos.<br />Date Taken: 7/7/2016<br />Category: Water Flow<br />Latitude: 37.707585<br />Longitude: -108.030638333333<br />Tags:
Water Treatment Flow Photo. Water flows from the mine discharge into a channel flowing under the access road through the culverts shown in the center of the photo.<br />Date Taken: 7/7/2016<br />Category: Water Flow<br />Latitude: 37.7076066666667<br />Longitude: -108.030638333333<br />Tags:
Water Treatment Flow Photo. A portion of the mine pool water is siphoned through a monitoring well into this pipe system and into the historic treatment ponds. This photo is the flowrate monitor for the flow of this wetlands bypass.<br />Date Taken: 7/7/2016<br />Category: Water Flow<br />Latitude: 37.7076242<br />Longitude: -108.0305835<br />Tags:
Water Treatment Flow Photo. A portion of the mine pool water is siphoned through a monitoring well into this pipe system and into the historic treatment ponds. This photo is the flowrate 145.9 GPM for the flow of this bypass.<br />Date Taken: 7/7/2016<br />Category: Water Flow<br />Latitude: 37.7076016666667<br />Longitude: -108.0306<br />Tags:
Enhanced Demonstration Wetlands System. This is the settling basin located at the beginning of the treatment train. Note it is covered in black, plastic spheres to offer cold temperature protection.<br />Date Taken: 7/7/2016<br />Category: EDW<br />Latitude: 37.7075833333333<br />Longitude: -108.032043333333<br />Tags:
Enhanced Demonstration Wetlands System. Looking south from the settling basin towards the manganese removal basin.<br />Date Taken: 7/7/2016<br />Category: EDW<br />Latitude: 37.7075883333333<br />Longitude: -108.032045<br />Tags:
Enhanced Demonstration Wetlands System. Manganese removal basin, note the black media in the manganese removal basin is a high surface area plastic to aid in treatment.<br />Date Taken: 7/7/2016<br />Category: EDW<br />Latitude: 37.707485<br />Longitude: -108.032106666667<br />Tags:
Enhanced Demonstration Wetlands System. Bioreactor cell located after the manganese removal basin and before the aeration cascade.<br />Date Taken: 7/7/2016<br />Category: EDW<br />Latitude: 37.7067666666667<br />Longitude: -108.032055<br />Tags:
Enhanced Demonstration Wetlands. South of Pond 15 (Pond 15 is on the right side of the photo) is the aeration cascade located at the end of the treatment train for the enhanced demonstration wetlands. In the right forefront of the picture is overflow water drainage for Pond 15.<br />Date Taken: 7/7/2016<br />Category: EDW<br />Latitude: 37.7055383333333<br />Longitude: -108.03104<br />Tags:
Enhanced Demonstration Wetlands. Lower end of the aeration cascade, contains plastic material with surfaces designed to increase aeration.<br />Date Taken: 7/7/2016<br />Category: EDW<br />Latitude: 37.7051066666667<br />Longitude: -108.031548333333<br />Tags:
Historic Treatment Ponds. Pond 15 from the southwest corner.<br />Date Taken: 7/7/2016<br />Category: Historic Treatment<br />Latitude: 37.70552<br />Longitude: -108.031686666667<br />Tags:
Mine Pool Pumping System. Drilling location for horizontal wells at the eastern edge of the historic lead repository north of the historic treatment plant. Note the Drill bit, located next to the pipe section, on the pallet, it is missing it drilling shoe and is awaiting correction to continue drilling.<br />Date Taken: 7/7/2016<br />Category: Mine Pool Control<br />Latitude: 37.7082884<br />Longitude: -108.0295885<br />Tags:
Demonstration Wetlands - Effluent from Wetlands and Wetlands Bypass<br />Date Taken: 7/20/2016<br />Category: DW<br />Latitude: 37.7063616666667<br />Longitude: -108.031353333333<br />Tags:
Demonstration Wetlands - Settling Basin for the Bio Reactor Wetlands<br />Date Taken: 7/20/2016<br />Category: DW<br />Latitude: 37.70783<br />Longitude: -108.030635<br />Tags:
Demonstration Wetlands - Bio Reactor Cell for Bio Reactor Wetlands, note the black plastic media covering the cell to provide solar warmth to the cell.<br />Date Taken: 7/20/2016<br />Category: DW<br />Latitude: 37.7074766666667<br />Longitude: -108.030726666667<br />Tags:
Demonstration Wetlands - Aeration Cascade after the Bio Reactor Cell<br />Date Taken: 7/20/2016<br />Category: DW<br />Latitude: 37.7071433333333<br />Longitude: -108.031116666667<br />Tags:
Demonstration Wetlands - Horizontal Flow Wetlands - Settling Basin. Note the Black plastic media on the surface, this provides solar thermal protection for the settling basin.<br />Date Taken: 7/20/2016<br />Category: DW<br />Latitude: 37.7079616666667<br />Longitude: -108.030528333333<br />Tags:
Demonstration Wetlands - Horizontal Flow Wetlands - Surface Flow Wetlands. This cell has different grasses planted and are growing well.<br />Date Taken: 7/20/2016<br />Category: DW<br />Latitude: 37.7082673<br />Longitude: -108.0307974<br />Tags:
Demonstration Wetlands - Horizontal Wetlands - Subsurface Flow Wetland. Note the various plant life growing on the surface, the more dominate grass types have taken hold and are thriving.<br />Date Taken: 7/20/2016<br />Category: DW<br />Latitude: 37.7083368<br />Longitude: -108.0311316<br />Tags:
Demonstration Wetlands - Horizontal Wetlands - Aeration Channel (left) and Rock Drain (right). The aeration channel has high surface area rocks and electronic bubblers. The Rock Drain assists with metals removal.<br />Date Taken: 7/20/2016<br />Category: DW<br />Latitude: 37.708231<br />Longitude: -108.0314321<br />Tags:
Demonstration Wetlands - Effluent South of the Enhanced Demonstration Wetlands <br />Date Taken: 7/20/2016<br />Category: DW<br />Latitude: 37.7064392<br />Longitude: -108.0313489<br />Tags:
Repository - Constructing run on controls on the western side of the repository.<br />Date Taken: 7/20/2016<br />Category: Repository<br />Latitude: 37.7075483333333<br />Longitude: -108.030315<br />Tags:
Repository - Run on controls directing water away from the repository.<br />Date Taken: 7/20/2016<br />Category: Repository<br />Latitude: 37.70615<br />Longitude: -108.029523333333<br />Tags:
Saint Louis Tunnel Adit - The Adit is collapsed, note the pipeline that exits the adit, this extends into a portion of the tunnel in front of additional blockages. The Pipeline is currently used to siphon water from the tunnel which then bypasses the wetlands systems.<br />Date Taken: 7/20/2016<br />Category: Mine Pool Control<br />Latitude: 37.7080316666667<br />Longitude: -108.029635<br />Tags:
Adit Control - Water Siphoned form the adit is discharged into the treatment train here, south of the wetlands systems and mine effluent bypass.<br />Date Taken: 7/20/2016<br />Category: Water Flow<br />Latitude: 37.70656<br />Longitude: -108.031215<br />Tags:





St Louis Tunnel Ponds - view south towards Rico St Louis Ponds - tracer dye from Argentine Shaft injection St. Louis Tunne Adit portal and mine water discharge from the adit. St Louis Tunnel - discharge from adit, portal in backbround with abandoned WTP. Argentine/Blaine mine property - tailings impoundment (right) Pond 18 lime/metals precip sludge removal Drying Cell - Pond 18 solids Blaine Adit - coffer dam Mine water pool behind the Blaine adit coffer dam at 350 inby. Rock fall debris at the Humbolt crosscut before mine pool was pumped from the Blaine adit. (400 ft inby) EPA contractors and pump system and manifold at the Blaine adit coffer dam used to remove the pooled water and pump base flow. rock debris fall from raise above the Humbolt crosscut 400 feet in the Blaine adit - following pumping. Section Dredge on one of the settling ponds removing lime treatment-precipitation solids Close up view of the bioreactor media that is being placed in the vertical flow treatment cell of the Enhanced Demonstration scale system. Construction of the Enhanced Demonstration Wetland - biochemical treatment system Water Treatment and Repository Area Overview Photo. Taken from the Northwest corner of the repository berm. The right side of the photo is the demonstration wetlands bioreactor cell. The central/right component is the enhanced demonstration wetlands settling basin, the central/ left is the manganese removal basin, and the left edge is the bioreactor cell. Water Treatment and Repository Area Overview Photo. Taken from the Northwest corner of the repository berm. The right side of this photo is the edge of the manganese removal cell in the enhanced demonstration wetlands, the central cell is the bioreactor cell of the enhanced demonstration wetlands, the far left is emptied pond 15. Water Treatment and Repository Area Overview Photo. Taken from the Northwest corner of the repository berm. The distant right corner is a pile of materials to be placed in the repository once ready to receive material. The central portion of the photo is the western berm of the repository for treatment solids, and the left is the interior of the repository receiving a layer of gravel over a fabric liner layer. Water Treatment and Repository Area Overview Photo. Taken from the Northwest corner of the repository berm. This photo is the repository area receiving a layer of gravel over a fabric liner layer. Water Treatment and Repository Area Overview Photo. Taken from the Northwest corner of the repository berm.the right side of the photo is the northern end of the repository area the left portion of the photo is the historic lime treatment plant which is now utilized for housing the telemetry system and addition of treatment agents. Water Treatment and Repository Area Overview Photo. Taken from the Northwest corner of the repository berm. The right side of the photo is the influent to the water treatment systems from the mine discharge. The central area is the settling basins and beyond that the horizontal wetland portion of the demonstration wetlands area, the left side of the photo is the demonstration wetlands bio reactor cell. Water Treatment Flow Photo. The right water flows from the right side of the photo into the demonstration and enhanced demonstration wetlands though the valve in the center of the photo or into the historic treatment ponds on the left side of the photos. Water Treatment Flow Photo. Water flows from the mine discharge into a channel flowing under the access road through the culverts shown in the center of the photo. Water Treatment Flow Photo. A portion of the mine pool water is siphoned through a monitoring well into this pipe system and into the historic treatment ponds. This photo is the flowrate monitor for the flow of this wetlands bypass. Water Treatment Flow Photo. A portion of the mine pool water is siphoned through a monitoring well into this pipe system and into the historic treatment ponds. This photo is the flowrate 145.9 GPM for the flow of this bypass. Enhanced Demonstration Wetlands System. This is the settling basin located at the beginning of the treatment train. Note it is covered in black, plastic spheres to offer cold temperature protection. Enhanced Demonstration Wetlands System. Looking south from the settling basin towards the manganese removal basin. Enhanced Demonstration Wetlands System. Manganese removal basin, note the black media in the manganese removal basin is a high surface area plastic to aid in treatment. Enhanced Demonstration Wetlands System. Bioreactor cell located after the manganese removal basin and before the aeration cascade. Enhanced Demonstration Wetlands. South of Pond 15 (Pond 15 is on the right side of the photo) is the aeration cascade located at the end of the treatment train for the enhanced demonstration wetlands. In the right forefront of the picture is overflow water drainage for Pond 15. Enhanced Demonstration Wetlands. Lower end of the aeration cascade, contains plastic material with surfaces designed to increase aeration. Historic Treatment Ponds. Pond 15 from the southwest corner. Mine Pool Pumping System. Drilling location for horizontal wells at the eastern edge of the historic lead repository north of the historic treatment plant. Note the Drill bit, located next to the pipe section, on the pallet, it is missing it drilling shoe and is awaiting correction to continue drilling. Demonstration Wetlands - Effluent from Wetlands and Wetlands Bypass Demonstration Wetlands - Settling Basin for the Bio Reactor Wetlands Demonstration Wetlands - Bio Reactor Cell for Bio Reactor Wetlands, note the black plastic media covering the cell to provide solar warmth to the cell. Demonstration Wetlands - Aeration Cascade after the Bio Reactor Cell Demonstration Wetlands - Horizontal Flow Wetlands - Settling Basin. Note the Black plastic media on the surface, this provides solar thermal protection for the settling basin. Demonstration Wetlands - Horizontal Flow Wetlands - Surface Flow Wetlands. This cell has different grasses planted and are growing well. Demonstration Wetlands - Horizontal Wetlands - Subsurface Flow Wetland. Note the various plant life growing on the surface, the more dominate grass types have taken hold and are thriving. Demonstration Wetlands - Horizontal Wetlands - Aeration Channel (left) and Rock Drain (right). The aeration channel has high surface area rocks and electronic bubblers. The Rock Drain assists with metals removal. Demonstration Wetlands - Effluent South of the Enhanced Demonstration Wetlands Repository - Constructing run on controls on the western side of the repository. Repository - Run on controls directing water away from the repository. Saint Louis Tunnel Adit - The Adit is collapsed, note the pipeline that exits the adit, this extends into a portion of the tunnel in front of additional blockages. The Pipeline is currently used to siphon water from the tunnel which then bypasses the wetlands systems. Adit Control - Water Siphoned form the adit is discharged into the treatment train here, south of the wetlands systems and mine effluent bypass.