A study on the remote sensing information model about the water pollution caused by mine tailings

The mine tailings, which are generated during the mine development, are normally piled along the bank of the river. They will produce the pollution of the river while being exposed in the air and interacting with the precipitation. They will ultimately inpour into the waters around the mine zone and result in the environment degradation. This paper summarizes the study on the remote sensing information model to describe the water pollution caused by the mine tailings considering the following critical parameters: the terrain factor, sand and metal ion, the impact on the spectrum of the typical surface features. A case study against the tailings piles in this De Xing Copper Mine, demonstrated the practicability and the maneuverability of this model.