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  2. Gold cyanidation ban - Wikipedia

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    In 1998 Mono County in California effectively banned the usage of cyanide and other chemicals for mining or processing ore through a county ordinance., The US state of Montana banned open pit heap leaching and vat leaching using cyanide for gold mining following a citizen's initiative, Initiative 137, proposed by the Montana Environmental Information Center that was approved through a ...

  3. Flambeau Mine - Wikipedia

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    Under Wisconsin's mining laws, the mine conducted more than 1,000 analyses on water samples and treated more than 600 million gallons of water in a state-of-the-art water treatment plant. During construction and operations, 85% of the workforce were local residents.

  4. General Mining Act of 1872 - Wikipedia

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    The Chaffee law of 1869 and the placer law of 1871 were combined into the General Mining Act of 1872. The mining law of 1866 had given discoverers rights to stake mining claims to extract gold, silver, cinnabar (the principal ore of mercury) and copper. When Congress passed the General Mining Act of 1872, the wording was changed to "or other ...

  5. Title 30 of the United States Code - Wikipedia

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    30 U.S.C. ch. 3A—Leases and Prospecting Permits; 30 U.S.C. ch. 4—Lease of Gold, Silver, or Quicksilver Deposits When Title Confirmed by Court of Private Land Claims; 30 U.S.C. ch. 5—Lease of Oil and Gas Deposits in or under Railroads and Other Rights-of-Way; 30 U.S.C. ch. 6—Synthetic Liquid Fuel Demonstration Plants

  6. Crandon mine - Wikipedia

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    Crandon mine was a mine proposed for northeastern Wisconsin, USA.It was to be situated near the town of Crandon and the Mole Lake Ojibwe Reservation in Forest County.The mine was the center of a multi-decade political and regulatory battle between environmentalists, American Indian tribes, sportfishing groups, and the State of Wisconsin and several large mining corporations.

  7. Mercury regulation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Reducing Mercury in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining: Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a complex global development issue. Reaching out to individual miners is challenging, with an estimated 10-15 million artisanal and small-scale gold miners globally in approximately 70 countries.