Mineralogy of mine wastes and strategies for remediation

2013 ◽  
pp. 295-337
Author(s):  
David W. Blowes ◽  
Carol J. Ptacek ◽  
John L. Jambor
Keyword(s):  
Mine Wastes

Geochemical Characteristics of TP3 Mine Wastes at the Elizabeth Copper Mine Superfund Site, Orange County, Vermont

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane M. Hammarstrom ◽  
Nadine M. Piatak ◽  
Robert R. Seal ◽  
Paul H. Briggs ◽  
Allen L. Meier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Orange County ◽  
Geochemical Characteristics ◽  
Mine Wastes ◽  
Superfund Site ◽  
Copper Mine

Metal accumulation by colonizing vegetation on mine wastes

1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Egglestone
Keyword(s):  
Metal Accumulation ◽  
Mine Wastes

THE STRUCTURAL STABILITY OF THE ZIPPEITE GROUP OF URANYL SULFATE MINERALS COMMON IN MINE WASTES

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melika Sharifironizi ◽  
◽  
Peter C. Burns
Keyword(s):  
Structural Stability ◽  
Mine Wastes ◽  
Uranyl Sulfate ◽  
Sulfate Minerals

scholarly journals Geochemical and Mineralogical Characterisation of Historic Zn–Pb Mine Waste, Plombières, East Belgium

Minerals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Srećko Bevandić ◽  
Rosie Blannin ◽  
Jacqueline Vander Auwera ◽  
Nicolas Delmelle ◽  
David Caterina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Size ◽  
Mine Waste ◽  
Geophysical Methods ◽  
Grain Size Analysis ◽  
Size Analysis ◽  
Mine Wastes ◽  
Metallurgical Waste ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Geochemical Properties ◽  
Potential Applications

Mine wastes and tailings derived from historical processing may contain significant contents of valuable metals due to processing being less efficient in the past. The Plombières tailings pond in eastern Belgium was selected as a case study to determine mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of the different mine waste materials found at the site. Four types of material were classified: soil, metallurgical waste, brown tailings and yellow tailings. The distribution of the mine wastes was investigated with drill holes, pit-holes and geophysical methods. Samples of the materials were assessed with grain size analysis, and mineralogical and geochemical techniques. The mine wastes dominantly consist of SiO2, Al2O3 and Fe2O3. The cover material, comprising soil and metallurgical waste is highly heterogeneous in terms of mineralogy, geochemistry and grain size. The metallurgical waste has a high concentration of metals (Zn: 0.1 to 24 wt.% and Pb: 0.1 to 10.1 wt.%). In the tailings materials, Pb and Zn vary from 10 ppm to 8.5 wt.% and from 51 ppm to 4 wt.%, respectively. The mining wastes comprises mainly quartz, amorphous phases and phyllosilicates, with minor contents of Fe-oxide and Pb- and Zn-bearing minerals. Based on the mineralogical and geochemical properties, the different potential applications of the four waste material types were determined. Additionally, the theoretical economic potential of Pb and Zn in the mine wastes was estimated.

Disposal of mine wastes into the sea

1978 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 141-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Waldichuk
Keyword(s):  
Mine Wastes

Effects of acid mine wastes on aquatic ecosystems

1977 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
JohnDavid Parsons
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Ecosystems ◽  
Mine Wastes ◽  
Acid Mine

Electrochemical and reactions mechanisms in the minimization of toxic elements transfer from mine-wastes into the ecosystem

2021 ◽  
pp. 138610
Author(s):  
Zeinab Piervandi ◽  
Ahmad Khodadadi Darban ◽  
Seyyed Mohammad Mousavi ◽  
Mahmoud Abdollahy ◽  
Gholamreza Asadollahfardi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Toxic Elements ◽  
Mine Wastes

An assessment of the influence of sulfidic mine wastes on rainwater quality in a semiarid climate (SE Spain)

2015 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 85-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Alcolea ◽  
C. Fernández-López ◽  
M. Vázquez ◽  
A. Caparrós ◽  
I. Ibarra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mine Wastes ◽  
Se Spain ◽  
Semiarid Climate ◽  
Rainwater Quality
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