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Acid Rock Drainage

Natural weathering of sulfide rocks feeds acid and iron into this spring.
— This same process is what occurs in acid mine drainage but the surface area available for this reaction is orders of magnitude greater in mining waste.

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Photo taken by Andrew Mattox

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