Analysis of tailing dam failure based on historical documents: The case Study of "La Luciana", Spain

Authors: Fernández Naranjo, Francisco Javier; Rodríguez Gómez, Virginia; Rodríguez Pacheco, Roberto Lorenzo; Alberruche del Campo, Esther; Arranz González, Julio César; Sarro Trigueros, Roberto; Mateos Ruiz, Rosa María; +2 Authors

handle: 10261/273665

Analysis of tailing dam failure based on historical documents: The case Study of "La Luciana", Spain

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On 17 August 1960 the biggest disaster by death toll in Spain, related with a tailings dam failure, took place in Reocín (Santander). The tailings dam “La Luciana” failed causing the death of eighteen people, most of them children. The mining company carried out several geotechnical tests in the remaining materials of the tailings dam to understand the failure. In addition, thematic cartography related to the break was elaborated. The results are available to be consulted in the Reocín Mines Documentary Collection, from which we have obtained mechani cal Cone Penetration Test (CPT) data near the fault area as well as diverse maps of the dam pre-failure and post-failure. The processing of such data through current analysis techniques has revealed the relationship between the fault of the tailings dam and static liquefaction phenomena.

Departamento de Investigación en Recursos Geológicos, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, España

Geohazard InSAR Laboratory and Modelling Group, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, España

JTC1 Workshop. Advances in Landslide Understanding (1º. 2017. Barcelona)

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Spain

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Spanish National Research Council
Spain

Keywords

Liquefaction, La Luciana, Cone Penetration Test (CPT), Tailings dam failure

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