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Whitewood Mine
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http://www.transalta.com/transalta/webcms.nsf/AllDoc/BFA2485B74685BEE87257157004FA868/$File/KCsummer.pdf

http://www.transalta.com/transalta/webcms.nsf/AllDoc/5A08D6F5EFEE921887257157004FA865/$File/KCAug03.pdf


 * cease operations in 2010, recovery until 2013
 * TransAlta uses coal for Wabamun, Sundance, Keephills plants; also sells a small amount to local residents
 * operated by Luscar now, Fording Coal Ltd. in the past
 * post-mining water levels in reclaimed areas is returning to pre-mining levels

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http://www.eub.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_261_241_0_43/http%3B/extContent/publishedcontent/publish/eub_home/industry_zone/applications/notices/energy_issues/2002/1271519conv099.aspx


 * mine located north of Wabamun Lake in Parkland County
 * 2.8 million tonnes of sub-bituminous coal mined annually

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http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/activities/CBM/pages/figure_13_whitewood_fold.html


 * Ardley coal zone features glacially-induced folds in the coal seam

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http://www.eab.gov.ab.ca/dec/98-237.html


 * 47 hectares
 * the 2.8 megatonnes of coal supplies fuel to generate approximately 13% of Alberta's electrical requirement

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http://www3.eub.gov.ab.ca/eub/dds/iar_query/ShowAttachment.aspx?DOCNUM=299476


 * approx. 65 kilometres west of Edmonton
 * about 51 million tonnes of reserves
 * Highvale operates in the area, and produces 12.9 MT/an.
 * pits shall be reclaimed as lakes, or filled-in with backfill; dumpslopes will be recontoured to achieve long-term stability
 * infrastructure (power lines, service roads, sedimentation ponds, ditches) to be removed and reclaimed
 * equipment sold or scrapped
 * subsoil and/or topsoil to be placed on all disturbed lands, followed by seeding or reforestation

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http://www.cseg.ca/publications/journal/1988_12/1988_Lyatsky_H_seismic_coal_expl.pdf


 * in the exploration for coal, seismic mapping models were used
 * late Cretaceous, Early Tertiary age coal deposits
 * coal separated into six distinct seams, from oldest to newest: Edmonton, Bearpaw, Horseshoe Canyon, Whitemud, Battle, Scollard, and Paskapoo (Gibson nomenclature, 1977)
 * bentonitic sediments, up to three metres in thickness, exist in the Scollard coal zone
 * glacial till occupies the top several metres
 * coal-bearing interval from 20m to 70m thick

Gibson, D.W., 1977, Upper Cretacious and Tertiary coal-bearing strata in the Drumheller-Ardley region, Red Deer river valley, Alberta: Geol. Surv. Can. Paper 76-35

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http://environment.gov.ab.ca/info/library/6139.pdf


 * Whitewood is a strip mine
 * reclaimed area is partly agricultural, partly wetlands and forested areas

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http://www.wabamunwatch.com/issues-ma.htm


 * operating since 1962
 * In 2001, 626,000 m3 were pumped to Lake Wabamun and 1,560,900 m3 to Lac. Ste. Anne watersheds, respectively

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http://www3.gov.ab.ca/env/land/quality/html/use/coal.html


 * Highvale covers 12'230 ha

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http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications/ABSTRACTS/ESR_1959_01.html


 * Highvale has over 200 MT of reserves