Evaluation of Mine Reclamation Methods for Mining Areas: A Case Study of Sangan Iron Mine

Evaluation of different mine reclamation methods plays an important role in choosing the right one for a specific mining area. This evaluation will finally result in performing some executive activities such as planting. In this study a newly developed method which is called limited comprehensive conditions method was applied for different locations in a mining area. The results showed that tree planting was suitable for the studied area. Thus, a complementary method was developed to select the more suitable tree types for each district in our mining area under study. Among various evaluated tree types the Sycamore, Aspen, and Goat willow trees were recognized to be more suitable.