Mesh models are formed at around former Yotsugi Open-Pit Mine and Yotsugi Mill Tailings Dam

Koga, Osamu; Nagara, Shuichi; Sato, Kazuhiko ; Tokizawa, Takayuki

Mesh models are formed to carry out simulations of the groundwater flow and the solute transport at around former Yotsugi Open-Pit Mine and Yotsugi Mill Tailings Dam. Also, hydraulic field survey and literature survey are carried out to set boundary conditions and property values for the simulations.Mesh models are formed for Yotsugi Open-Pit Mine, Yotsugi Mill Tailings Dam and the wide area so that boundary conditions could be given to the model for Yotsugi Mill tailings Dam. These three models are confirmed to perform properly for analyses.Hydraulic field survey is carried out in the wide area to estimate the groundwater distribution and to understand the top hydraulic head boundary of the model. As result, groundwater level at the ridge used as a boundary of the model is set to be twenty meters depth.Values of effective diffusion coefficient, specific storage and absolute density are set to be used for the simulation of the solute transport by the literature survey.