ENRTF ID: 240-F

Project Title: Precursors of Failure in Mine Tailings Dams

Category: F. Methods to Protect, Restore, and Enhance Land, Water, and Habitat

Summary: We aim to obtain data for design of an early warning system for predicting conditions that result in failure of mine tailings dams.

Total Project Budget: $ 298,000
Proposed Project Time Period for the Funding Requested: June 30, 2023 (3 yrs)

Name: Joseph Labuz
Sponsoring Organization: U of MN
Department: Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering
Address: 500 Pillsbury Dr SE, Civil Engineering Building
Minneapolis MN 55455
Telephone Number: (612) 625-2466
Email jlabuz@umn.edu

Location:
Region: Northeast
County Name: St. Louis

Alternate Text for Visual: The visual shows a diagram of the mining process that produces tailings and the approach used to develop data for design of an early warning system.