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Gail Heath

  • Associate Professor of Practice
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
  • (520) 621-6063
  • Mines And Metallurgy, Rm. 229
  • Tucson, AZ 85721
  • gailheath@arizona.edu
  • Bio
  • Interests
  • Courses
  • Scholarly Contributions

Biography

Gail Heath has a master’s degree in Geophysical Engineering from the University of Arizona and has worked in research for 25 years. He is currently working on a PhD in mining at the University of Arizona. His passion is the work in mine reclamation he has been pursuing to better the state of the art in mine reclamation, that is optimize and insure great results in the environment legacies from pass and present mining activates.

There is a need by both government and private industry for long-term information on earth system behavior. Earth systems of interest include, but are not limited to landfills, waste sites, current and abandoned mining sites, aquifers and volcanoes. The information needed for monitoring will vary from site to site but will include things like: water quality, areal distribution, ion specific contaminates temperature, bacterial types and quantities to name a few. The information need has operational, regulatory and scientific drivers. The integrated use of point source sensors with volumetric near surface geophysical methods when properly combined provide potential of providing highly detailed localized subsurface information on processes and subsurface behavior

Degrees

  • M.S. Geophysical Engineering
    • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
    • Electrical Resistance Tomography Monitoring of Fluid Flow through Basalt

Awards

  • Fellowship
    • Freeport, Summer 2019
  • SME PhD fellowship
    • SME, Spring 2019

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Interests

Research

There is a need by both government and private industry for long-term information on earth system behavior. Earth systems of interest include, but are not limited to landfills, waste sites, current and abandoned mining sites, aquifers and volcanoes. The information needed for monitoring will vary from site to site but will include things like: water quality, areal distribution, ion specific contaminates temperature, bacterial types and quantities to name a few. The information need has operational, regulatory and scientific drivers. The integrated use of point source sensors with volumetric near surface geophysical methods when properly combined provide potential of providing highly detailed localized subsurface information on processes and subsurface behavior

Courses

2022-23 Courses

  • Graduate Seminar
    MNE 696A (Spring 2023)
  • Mine Tailings
    MNE 414 (Spring 2023)
  • Mine Tailings
    MNE 514 (Spring 2023)
  • TSF Design
    MNE 417 (Spring 2023)
  • TSF Design
    MNE 517 (Spring 2023)
  • Techn Trnds Min Res Engr
    MNE 396A (Spring 2023)
  • Applied Earth Sci Meas & Image
    MNE 670 (Fall 2022)
  • Env Mngmt+Mine Reclamatn
    MNE 441 (Fall 2022)
  • Env Mngmt+Mine Reclamatn
    MNE 541 (Fall 2022)
  • Graduate Seminar
    MNE 696A (Fall 2022)
  • Special Topics in Mining
    MNE 496D (Fall 2022)

2021-22 Courses

  • Acqst+Fin Mineral Prjct
    MNE 697G (Spring 2022)
  • Graduate Seminar
    MNE 696A (Spring 2022)
  • Mine Tailings
    MNE 414 (Spring 2022)
  • Mine Tailings
    MNE 514 (Spring 2022)
  • TSF Design
    MNE 417 (Spring 2022)
  • TSF Design
    MNE 517 (Spring 2022)
  • Techn Trnds Min Res Engr
    MNE 396A (Spring 2022)
  • Env Mngmt+Mine Reclamatn
    MNE 441 (Fall 2021)
  • Env Mngmt+Mine Reclamatn
    MNE 541 (Fall 2021)
  • Research Seminar
    MNE 696A (Fall 2021)

2020-21 Courses

  • Mineralgy+Petrolgy/Engrs
    GEN 210 (Spring 2021)
  • Mineralgy+Petrolgy/Engrs
    MNE 210 (Spring 2021)
  • Techn Trnds Min Res Engr
    MNE 396A (Spring 2021)
  • Env Mngmt+Mine Reclamatn
    MNE 541 (Fall 2020)
  • Independent Study
    MNE 599 (Fall 2020)
  • Intro to Engineering
    ENGR 102 (Fall 2020)

2019-20 Courses

  • Independent Study
    MNE 599 (Spring 2020)
  • Mineralgy+Petrolgy/Engrs
    MNE 210 (Spring 2020)
  • Techn Trnds Min Res Engr
    MNE 396A (Spring 2020)
  • Env Mngmt+Mine Reclamatn
    MNE 441 (Fall 2019)
  • Env Mngmt+Mine Reclamatn
    MNE 541 (Fall 2019)
  • Intro Engr Design
    ENGR 102B (Fall 2019)

2018-19 Courses

  • Directed Research/Mn E
    MNE 392 (Spring 2019)
  • Independent Study
    MNE 599 (Spring 2019)
  • Mineralgy+Petrolgy/Engrs
    GEN 210 (Spring 2019)
  • Mineralgy+Petrolgy/Engrs
    MNE 210 (Spring 2019)
  • Techn Trnds Min Res Engr
    MNE 396A (Spring 2019)
  • Env Mngmt+Mine Reclamatn
    MNE 441 (Fall 2018)
  • Env Mngmt+Mine Reclamatn
    MNE 541 (Fall 2018)
  • Geopositioning
    MNE 444 (Fall 2018)
  • Geopositioning
    MNE 544 (Fall 2018)
  • Intro to Mining Engineering
    MNE 205 (Fall 2018)
  • Mineral Resourc Engr Tpc
    MNE 296A (Fall 2018)

2017-18 Courses

  • Intro to Mining Engineering
    MNE 205 (Spring 2018)
  • Mineralgy+Petrolgy/Engrs
    GEN 210 (Spring 2018)
  • Mineralgy+Petrolgy/Engrs
    MNE 210 (Spring 2018)
  • Techn Trnds Min Res Engr
    MNE 396A (Spring 2018)
  • Directed Research
    GEOS 492 (Fall 2017)
  • Env Mngmt+Mine Reclamatn
    MNE 441 (Fall 2017)
  • Env Mngmt+Mine Reclamatn
    MNE 541 (Fall 2017)
  • Mineral Resourc Engr Tpc
    MNE 296A (Fall 2017)

2016-17 Courses

  • Directed Research/Mn E
    MNE 392 (Spring 2017)
  • Intro to Mining Engineering
    MNE 205 (Spring 2017)
  • Mineralgy+Petrolgy/Engrs
    GEN 210 (Spring 2017)
  • Mineralgy+Petrolgy/Engrs
    MNE 210 (Spring 2017)
  • Intro to Mining Engineering
    MNE 205 (Fall 2016)
  • Mineral Resourc Engr Tpc
    MNE 296A (Fall 2016)

2015-16 Courses

  • Env Mngmt+Mine Reclamatn
    MNE 441 (Spring 2016)
  • Env Mngmt+Mine Reclamatn
    MNE 541 (Spring 2016)
  • Mineralgy+Petrolgy/Engrs
    GEN 210 (Spring 2016)
  • Mineralgy+Petrolgy/Engrs
    MNE 210 (Spring 2016)

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Scholarly Contributions

Proceedings Publications

  • Peters, M. P., Werner, J. D., Heath, G., Momayez, M., Tenorio Gutierrez, V. O., & Alsalhi, A. (2021, Spring). Development of a Supervisory System for Monitoring Ventilation and Rock Displacement Data at San Xavier Mine Laboratory. In 2021 SME Annual Meeting & Expo (MineXchange 2021).
  • Heath, G., Momayez, M., & Peters, P. (2021, March). Advanced automated monitoring of a Tailings Facility: How coupling geophysics and in-situ sensors can increase safety and provide a cost-effective inside into Tailings Dams.. In Annual Conference of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration.

Presentations

  • Peters, M. P., Werner, J. D., Heath, G., Momayez, M., Tenorio Gutierrez, V. O., & Alsalhi, A. (2020, Spring). Development of aSupervisory System for MonitoringVentilation and Rock Displacement Dataat San Xavier Mine Laboratory. 2020 SME Annual Meeting & Expo (MineXchange 2020). Phoenix Convention Center: SME.

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