Touring mines and mining tourists

Pretes, Michael

doi:10.1016/s0160-7383(01)00041-x

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“…At Potosí, Bolivia, for example, indigenous Quechua guide tourists in and around the past and current mining sites of the Cerro Rico, deriving from this a significant source of income (Pretes, 2002). In the UK context, the historic mining landscapes of Cornwall and west Devon, which also has WHS status, are considered to be key elements of the regional development plan (Landorf, 2009).…”

Section: Interactions Between Heritage and Catchment Pb Contaminationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Industrial mining heritage and the legacy of environmental pollution in the Derbyshire Derwent catchment: Quantifying contamination at a regional scale and developing integrated strategies for management of the wider historic environment

Kossoff

Hudson‐Edwards

Howard

et al. 2016

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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The Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site (DVMWHS) exemplifies and records the 18 th century birth of the factory or mill technology, and for the industrial spinning of cotton. The site is therefore a key global heritage asset. The Derbyshire Derwent catchment also contains another significant cultural asset with a long history -that of mining and, in particular, lead (Pb) mining. In this paper research on mining-and non-mining related Pb contamination of the Derwent catchment is reviewed and used to identify the risks it poses to the DVMWHS.

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Section: Interactions Between Heritage and Catchment Pb Contaminationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Industrial mining heritage and the legacy of environmental pollution in the Derbyshire Derwent catchment: Quantifying contamination at a regional scale and developing integrated strategies for management of the wider historic environment

Kossoff

Hudson‐Edwards

Howard

et al. 2016

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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“…Within a hundred years Potosí became one of the world's richest and most populous cities during a boom fueled by veins of up to 25% pure Ag (Wilson and Petrov 1999;Bartos 2000;Abbot and Wolfe 2003;Waltham 2005). Mining has proceeded nearly continuously over the last five centuries and it is estimated that between 20,000 and 40,000 tonnes of Ag were produced from 1545 to 1824 and over 10,000 tonnes from 1824 to present (Lindgren 1928;Zartman and Cunningham 1995;Pretes 2002;Abbot and Wolfe 2003). Abbot and Wolfe (2003) also postulate that thousands of tonnes of Ag were produced from Cerro Rico and nearby deposits in Pre-Colombian times before and after the Incan conquest from the 10th to the 15th centuries.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Of those shafts, only 50-60 were in use and the lower majority of the mountain was flooded (Lofstrom 1970). In the 1800s Potosí's population had fallen from a maximum of approximately 160,000 during the Ag boom of the 1600s to about 10,000 (Pretes 2002).…”

Section: Acid Mine Drainagementioning

confidence: 99%

Acid mine drainage at Cerro Rico de Potosí I: unabated high-strength discharges reflect a five century legacy of mining

2011

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Intensive mining and processing of Ag, Sn, Pb and Zn ores have occurred in various locations within and around the city of Potosí, Bolivia since 1545. Surface and subsurface waters, stream sediments and soils are contaminated with various ecotoxic metals in the headwaters of the economically vital, yet highly impacted, upper Rio Pilcomayo watershed. Previous studies have documented downstream trace metal contamination, however, not addressed specific sources. The AMD discharges identified in this study help link downstream pollution to primary origins. The majority of AMD would be considered high-strength due to metal concentrations and acidity orders of magnitude greater than typical AMD. Discharges from both operating and abandoned portals as well as tailings-related deposits displayed a high degree of heterogeneity with total metal concentrations ranging from 0.11 to 7480, \0.022 to 889, \0.0006 to 65.3, \0.001 to 310, 0.12 to 72,100, 0.3 to 402, \0.012 to 34.8, and 0.24 to 19,600 mg/L of Al, As, Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Pb and Zn, respectively. Net acidity and pH ranged from -10 to 246,000 mg/L as CaCO 3 equivalent and 0.90-6.94 standard units, respectively. Data were gathered during two sampling events centered around the most extreme periods of the dry and wet seasons of one water-year. Loadings to local streams were marginally greater for most metals in the wet season. If observed loadings are historically representative, Cerro Rico AMD has contributed thousands of tonnes of ecotoxic metals to the upper Rio Pilcomayo over the last five centuries. Metal and hydrogen ion concentrations in the majority of AMD sampled were several orders of magnitude above discharge limits set by the Bolivian government, yet no action has historically or contemporarily been taken.

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“…Recreation and tourism -a mine lake may be developed as a facility for swimming, boating, recreational fishing, or diving (Acott 1989;Brenner et al 1987;Chapman 2002;Edwards et al 1996;Klapper and Geller 2001;Pretes 2002).…”

Section: Beneficial End Usesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Risks Associated with Beneficial End Uses of Mine Lakes in Southwestern Australia

Doupé

Lymbery

2005

Mine Water Environ

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Touring mines and mining tourists

Cited by 71 publications

References 11 publications

Industrial mining heritage and the legacy of environmental pollution in the Derbyshire Derwent catchment: Quantifying contamination at a regional scale and developing integrated strategies for management of the wider historic environment

Industrial mining heritage and the legacy of environmental pollution in the Derbyshire Derwent catchment: Quantifying contamination at a regional scale and developing integrated strategies for management of the wider historic environment

Acid mine drainage at Cerro Rico de Potosí I: unabated high-strength discharges reflect a five century legacy of mining

Environmental Risks Associated with Beneficial End Uses of Mine Lakes in Southwestern Australia

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