User:Fosterelliott/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Ekati Diamond Mine


 * Article Evaluation
 * The content in this article is relevant to the topic of the Ekati Diamond Mine. This article appears to be written from a neutral perspective and for the most part each claim has a citation, and I think I would fill in some citations for a future assignment in this course. The citations in this article are mostly from new sources which can be bias and unreliable, however there are some that are released from the mine itself. However the article does not explain the layout of the mine, and where the location of their pits are as well as the location of their underground mining operations are, as well as the schematics/layout of the mine. It also does not state how/if the diamonds are processed on site or shipped to a different location.


 * Sources
 * Dominion Diamond Mines website: www.ddmines.com
 * Mining Technology: www.mining-technology.com

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Prospecting


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article contains relevant information to the topic of Prospecting, however there is little information about current techniques in prospecting and therefore would be good to fill that void in. This article is neutrally written, however there is no citing done in this article at all (wikipedia states that at the top of the page). I would like to improve this article by adding sources to information claimed, as well as adding in information about current techniques used in prospecting.


 * Sources
 * Spichak, V., 2018. Advances in electromagnetic techniques for exploration, prospecting, and monitoring of hydrocarbon deposits. First Break, 36(10), 75-81.
 * Criss, R., 2015. Use of geochemical and geophysical techniques to characterize and prospect for geothermal resources and hydrothermal ore deposits. Journal of Earth Science, 26, 73-77.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Mine reclamation


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article contains information about forestry reclamation, which I think is not included in the mining reclamation. However the rest of the article is relevant to the topic. This article is not neutrally written, since there is a main section about how the United States Government has implemented laws for land reclamation. This article has a number of sources, however not all of the claims of information are cited.  The citations in this article are reliable and most are from government documents or other scholarly articles.  I would add to this article some of the proposed mine reclamation methods in the industry today, since this article only mentions the forestry method, and the Holistic approach however there are more approaches. In my addition I would add a proposed timeline of the reclamation process to allow for further understanding in how long this process takes.


 * Sources
 * Ruiz, F., Perlatti, F., Oliveira, D., & Ferreira T., 2020. Revealing tropical technosols as an alternative for mine reclamation and waste management. Minerals, 10(2).
 * Fleisher, K., Hufford, K., 2020. Assessing habitat heterogeneity and vegetation outcomes of geomorphic and traditional linear-slope methods in post-mine reclamation. Journal of Environmental Management, 255.

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