spent rock dump

India / Karnataka / Robertsonpet /
 Upload a photo
Mined gold contained stone will be proceesed and the spent rock is dumped at specified dump locations. The dump or waste may contain traces of processing chemicals that may include traces of cyanide.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   12°55'3"N   78°16'7"E

Comments

  • Cyanide Dumps where the waste from gold processing whcih uses cyanide to separate it from the ore is dumped.
  • It's called Cyanide dumps. They used a process called cyanide process to extract gold and all the waste was dumped in different places and this is one such place. It is spelt wrong, please correct it.
  • Many older gold mines had in-efficient processes and old cyanide dumps are being reworked for more Gold.
This article was last modified 13 years ago