INDUSTRIAL WASTE STORAGE Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: gold mining industry; concentrations plants. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to containers for storing industrial waste in natural soils and it can be used in building system of technological barriers limiting distribution of wastes of process of cyanidation of gold-bearing ores with sulfides in soils and water reservoirs. Proposed storage of wastes of cyanidation processes is made in form of pit with insulation layers placed one after another on walls and on bottom of pit. First insulation layer is made of montmorillonite clay, second layer is made of limonite broke stone, third layer is made of peat and fourth layer, of limonite broke stone. Storage is provided with pipes for delivery of electrolyte or sea water. EFFECT: provision of simple and reliable storage for industrial wastes in loose soils. 1 dwg