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1 Landslide Risk Assessment of a Tailings Pile at an Abandoned Mine Considering Potential of Seismicity, Tsunami Waves, Liquefaction and Rainfall to Cause Large-scale Erosion G.A. Siemens 1, M. Gholami 1, A. Khoshand 1, S. Fraser 1, V. Paquin 1, K.P. Weber 1, R. W. Beddoe 2, H. Stewart 3, T. Peet 3 1 Royal Military College of Canada 2 York University 3 Parks Canada Agency

2 ds Jedway Mine Site

3 Jedway Mine Site

4 Jedway Mine Site Tailings piles Mill reservoir berm

5 Unique Tailings Pile Location Within Gwaii Haanas and owned by BC Banking on Pacific Ocean Wave erosion Seismicity Liquefaction Tsunami Precipitation Iron ore mine Tailings pile

6 Ongoing Instability Active erosional slope banking on ocean Bare slope Tree erosion m High tide

7 Environmental Effects Ongoing instability eroding tailings into ocean Tailings contain As, Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Ni, Se, Zn Elevated As and Cu in adjacent bay Potential for large-scale erosional event?

8 Site History From Air Photos 1962

9 Site History From Air Photos 1970

10 Site History From Air Photos 1980

11 Site History From Air Photos 1994

12 Site History From Air Photos 2005

13 Site History From Air Photos 2010

14 Site History From Air Photos 1962

15 Site History From Air Photos 1970

16 Site History From Air Photos 2010

17 Landslide Mechanism Tailings eroding into marine environment Toe eroded by waves causing over-steepening 14-19m

18 Landslide Mechanism Tailings eroding into marine environment Toe eroded by waves causing over-steepening 14-19m

19 Landslide Mechanism Tailings eroding into marine environment Toe eroded by waves causing over-steepening 14-17m Landslides

20 Geotechnical Site Characterization Sampling 13 boreholes Cone Penetration Testing Seismic! Vs Gamma! fines content Dissipation testing! Hydraulic conductivity Survey Total station Drone

21 Survey 3D DEM of site Total station

22 Continuous profile Soil properties ConeTec Groundwater Geotechnical, Environmental and Marine Site Investigation Services CPT Results GAMMA CONE PENETROMETER (GCPT) Gamma Probe Gamma Ray Excitation Photo Multiplier Tube CsI Crystal Single or Triaxial Geophones (V p &V s ) Inclinometer (I) Thermistor (T) Friction Sleeve (f s ) Load Cells Porous Filter Element (u ) 2 Pore Pressure Transducer (u) Cone Tip (qc)

23 Fine Tailings Classification Sandy-gravel profile Note fine layer at bottom of borehole Sand Gravel Fines

24 Fine Tailings Shear Strength Direct shear test c =0, φ =40 o φ =40 o

25 Stability Analysis Static slope analysis (no earthquake) Agrees with field observations Fails after oversteepening Slow progression over last 40+ years But there are other hazards

26 Earthquakes from 17-Jan-2015 to 18-Jan-2016 PGA=0.816 NBCC (2010) Jedway Mine Seismic Hazard M=4.5

27 Seismic Hazard Magnitude >5.5 since 1985 Jedway Mine

28 Seismic Hazard Magnitude >5.5 in last 5 years Jedway Mine

29 Cascadia Earthquakes Caused tsunami in BC and Japan Jan 26, 1700

30 PGA=0 Stability Analysis

31 PGA=0.1 Stability Analysis

32 PGA=0.25 Stability Analysis

33 Stability Analysis PGA=0.5 Note FS<1

34 Seismic Stability Analysis Larger earthquake changes failure mechanism Potential for Large-scale event 1:475 year event for Sa(0.2) Equivalent to 10% probability of exceedance in 50 years

35 Liquefaction Temporary loss of soil strength Dynamic! after earthquake Static! during infiltration Similar to quicksand Well-known for tailings piles Will be evaluated using CPT data

36 Tsunami Notification Zones for BC Jedway Mine located in Zone A

37 Tsunami Vicinity of tailings pile to open water Tsunami at high tide worse-case risk

38 Summary Uniquely located mine tailings pile Ongoing instability causing environmental effects Risk of significant erosional event during earthquake Other risks: Liquefaction Tsunami

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