 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mobilization of heavy metals from historical smelting slag dumps, north Queensland, Australia B. G. LOTTERMOSER*...6811, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia ABSTR ACT Slag dumps occur at several historical smelting sites in...Australia. The microcrystalline slags contain primary slag phases, relict flux, ore and furnace materials and...secondary weathering related minerals. Common primary slag phases are glass, Zn-rich fayalite (± Zn-rich kirschsteinite)...alloys (Cu3Sn), and unknown metal compounds. The slag materials contain wt.% concentrations of Zn and |  | Vítková, M., Ettler, V., Johan, Z., Kříbek, B., Šebek, O., Mihaljevič, M. (2010) Primary and secondary phases in copper-cobalt smelting slags from the Copperbelt Province, Zambia. Mineralogical Magazine, 74 (4) 581-600 doi:10.1180/minmag.2010.074.4.581 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | skeletal/dendritic crystal shapes indicated rapid cooling of the slag melt. Copper and cobalt were found in low concentrations...Cu sulphides (digenite, chalcocite, bornite, chalcopyrite), Co-Fe sulphides (cobaltpentlandite), Co-bearing...and sphaerocobaltite (CoCO3), were observed on the slag surfaces. They indicate that the slags studied are...bornite (Cu5FeS4), followed by chalcocite (Cu2S), chalcopyrite (CuFeS2), covellite (CuS) and cobaltiferous...refining. The ore concentrate is composed mainly of chalcopyrite, bornite and chalcocite. The first step consists |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 3.433 A MINERALOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF SLAG FROM THE HISTORICAL O’DONNELL ROAST YARDS, SUDBURY...Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6, Canada Abstract Highly altered slag samples from the historical O’Donnell Roast Yards...into oxides. The presence of pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite (remnants of the ore) as well as of covellite...alteration halos around the center of the remnant slag and rock piles indicate strong variations in the...chemical and mineralogical composition of the altered slag with lateral distance and depth. The concentration |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Institute, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 21, 55128 Mainz, Germany b University of Frankfurt, Institute of Geoscience... Altenhöferallee 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany c Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute...3.8, and 5.3 km from a Slovak Cu smelter and in smelter wastes (slag, sludge, ash) to trace sources and...dissolved and adsorbed Cu species during transport of smelter-derived Cu through the soil. The d66ZnIRMM values...(0.85& to 0.47&) than in bedrock (0.28&) and slag (0.18&) likely mainly because of kinetic fractionation |  | Kříbek, Bohdan, Nyambe, Imasiku, Sracek, Ondra, Mihaljevič, Martin, Knésl, Ilja (2023) Impact of Mining and Ore Processing on Soil, Drainage and Vegetation in the Zambian Copperbelt Mining Districts: A Review. Minerals, 13 (3) 384 doi:10.3390/min13030384 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Province of Zambia, are more vulnerable to mine and smelter contamination than in more developed countries...improvement of the environment in the Copperbelt region is based on several private companies’ reports...Zambian Copperbelt 2.1. Population The studied region belongs to the Zambian part of the Copperbelt Administrative...tributaries, Mwambashi and Muntimpa. The Kitwe Region is drained by several small streams (Uchi, Mindolo...Cu–Co deposits are dominated by pyrite (FeS2 ), chalcopyrite (CuFeS2 ), bornite (Cu5 FeS4 ), chalcocite (Cu2 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 56, D-72074 Tübingen, Germany 2 Hansjakobstrasse 24, D-79206 Breisach, Germany 1 Abstract Basic lead...collected in a medieval mining district in SW-Germany and ones that underwent short-term (50 days) experiments...were hydrated by rain and soil water in the mine dumps producing basic lead phases. Chemical composition...quantitatively explain their formation in the medieval mine dumps by the reaction of the lead oxides with a weathering...phases in other anthropogenic environments like slag dumps, lead contaminated soils or in contact to concrete |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mountains, southwestern Poland. The prevailing massive slag has a chemical composition dominated by FeO (up...olivine and hercynite. The second type, a porous slag, is poorer in FeO (up to 28 wt.%) and richer in...composition and distribution of trace elements in slag phases vary from sample to sample, which is consistent...diagrams used in this study indicate that most of the slag samples have solidified under conditions of strong...should be used to reconstruct the temperature of slag formation. Our mineralogical and chemical study |  | | Journal (issue) | | Hall Mineral Collection N. Turner. 1 Rammelsberg Slag Minerals 1 W. van den Berg and C. van Loon. Diary...was a single tourmaline (65 x 20тт) from the Jos region of Nigeria which graded from pink to dark green...whilst primary minerals included sphalerite, chalcopyrite and other copper sulphides. The discovery o...The International Association o f Collectors o f Slag Minerals has sprung from a n association between...and other memorabilia found in the workings and dumps or uncovered during research in old archives. Some |  | | Journal (issue) | | Design Editorial 2 The Minerals of Meadowfoot Smelter D.Green 3 The Munich 1986 Mineral Show A. Fisher...COVER Dons Digest 33 Linarite - Meadowfoot Smelter SEM Photo. Magnification x70 Classified Ads. ...Meadowfoot Smelter David I. Green All substances which came into being during smelting and slag formation...and water are minerals. The ruined Meadowfoot smelter is situated 1 ½ miles north west of Wanlockhead...stream up one of the spurs of Sowen Dod. The slag dumps have received considerable attention from mineral |  | | Journal (volume) | | ide Smelting Mill, County Durham, including a new slag mineral, copper antimonate 54-61 Richard S. W. Braithwaite...secondary species associated with weathering of smelter residues from Castleside in Co. Durham and Tindale...worked for baryte in the mid-20 th century. The dumps from these mines surround and in some cases cover...major quartz, calcite, sphalerite, galena and chalcopyrite. Sparse antimony-rich sulphide mineralisation...which contained galena, baryte, sphalerite, chalcopyrite and quartz, presented a considerable processing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | edu.pl Abstract: Dissolution of diopside-bearing slag and its amorphous counterpart was investigated to...potential of these slags. The contribution of direct slag phase dissolution was investigated using a biotic...dissolution in organic medium. Potential metal donor slag phases and easily released elements were identified...mobile elements leaching from glassy and diopside slag (up to 99%). Recovery targeted metals were released...56% (Cu)–96% (Zn) from glassy slag and 27% (Cu)–98% (Zn) from diopside slag. Results demonstrated that studied |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the release of trace elements from slag from the Hegeler Zinc smelter, Illinois (USA) Nadine M. Piatak...2009 Editorial handling by R. Fuge a b s t r a c t Slag from the former Hegeler Zn-smelting facility in...most slag samples is dominated by SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3 and CaO. The bulk composition of the slag suggests...suggests a high silica content of the melt. Bulk slag trace-element chemistry shows that the dominant...and therefore less leached when compared to the slag samples with lower bulk Zn concentrations where |  | | Report (issue) | | THE GRAND GULCH MINING REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA. By JAMES M. HILL. INTRODUCTION. Early iff November...of the Colorado Plateau. It forms a part of the region sometimes colloquially called the "Arizona Strip...longitude 113° 45' W. and latitude 36° 15' N. The region is also represented on the Mount Trumbull topographic...the gasoline truck. CLIMATE. The climate of this region is typical of the desert country of the §outhwest...probable that it was known to 'GRAND GULCH MINING .REGION, ABIZ. 43 the Indians before that time. The prospect |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Long-Term Leaching Effects on CaO-Modified Iron Silicate Slag Jakob Kero Andertun 1, * , Pasi Peltola 2 , Caisa...+46-920-493-511 Abstract: Granulated iron silicate slag, a by-product of pyrometallurgical copper extraction...excellent properties for construction applications. Slag modification with CaO enhances the application properties...regarding pozzolanic reactivity, potentially extending slag use in the future. The slags’ short-term leaching...CaO-modifications were conducted during full-scale slag treatment operation. The slags were characterized |  | Rosado, L., Morais, C., Candeias, A. E., Pinto, A. P., Guimarães, F., Mirão, J. (2008) Weathering of S. Domingos (Iberian Pyritic Belt) abandoned mine slags. Mineralogical Magazine, 72 (1) 489-494 doi:10.1180/minmag.2008.072.1.489 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | leachable of the elements studied. K EY WORDS : slag, acid mine drainage, metal pollution, S. Domingos...dominated by pyrite (FeS2) with smaller amounts of chalcopyrite (CuFeS2), galena (PbS) and sphalerite (ZnS)...the chemical and mineralogical composition of the slag; (2) to identify the chemical and mineralogical...products under the current climate in the S. Domingos region; (3) to determine the mineral-pollutant element...pollutants’ geochemical behaviour. FIG. 1. Piles of slag in S. Domingos mine and its spatial relationship |  | | Thesis/Dissertation | | rauenthalite, marcasite, pharmacolite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, pyrite, calcite, fluorite, quartz...Attic-Cycladic crystalline belt in the central Aegean region. This polymetamorphic zone is located within the...mainly consists of sulfides (pyrite, molybdenite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite), phosphates (monazite(Ce) and...pyrrhotite, pyrite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, and Bi-Ag-rich galena. The metal content in...epidote, chlorite, quartz, hematite, pyrite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite (Voudouris et al., 2018). 2 |  | | Report (issue) | | Publication Division Geological Survey of India WESTERN REGION 15 & 16, Jhalana Institutional Area, JAIPUR 302...of set-up playa major role in metallogeny. The region that lay above Yellow Stone hot-spot in the same... Moreover, surface mineral shows of pyrite, chalcopyrite and native copper are reported from the western...Precambrian terranes can be identified in this region. The region is characterised by the development of variably...for commenting on predictive metallogeny for this region. REGIONAL GEOLOGY MALANIIGNEQUS SUiT[ .!mI IlJ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Kachin Highlands, although the geology of this region is poorly understood, are composed of undifferentiated...Ophiolite sequences are also known. Mogok Belt is a region of metamorphic rocks made up of migmatite, gneiss...the Shan Plateau and the Tanintharyi peninsula region. Rocks are mainly Paleozoic sediments, both clastics...underground, square-set mining concentrator, Pb smelter, refinery at Namtu 500 tpd mill oxide ore Reserve:10...ophiolite line at Nankesan, Kachin State where chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite occur in stringers in NS fractures |  | | Report (issue) | | of the Toussit, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco Upper left: Smithsonite, 9 cm tall Dave...after calcite lserlohn, Nord Rhine-Westphalen, Germany 9 cm wide Smithsonian collection ( N M N H B10031...Below: Smithsonite Altenberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany 7 cm tall Dave Bunk Minerals specimen Jesse La...district (page 66). Several old-time deposits in Germany have produced very interesting examples of smithsonite...serious collector's cabinet. Other localities in Germany that have produced good specimens include Weisloch |  | | Report (issue) | | Since 1860 mining has been in progress in this region, but the period from 1869 to 1877 comprises the...as the present mining developments warrant. The region with which this report is concerned covers essentially...ROCKS. CAMBRIAN SYSTEM. The oldest rocks of the region are limestones, dolomites, quartzitic sandstones...white rhyolite occur at many places throughout the region, as described in part in the section on the older...ECONOMIC'GEOLOGY, 1912, PAET I. .' to 1877 the region enjoyed a^ period of great activity, for it was |  | | Book | | N-S and E-W. The deposit is free of pyrite, chalcopyrite and blende. The host rocks are Cretaceous and...unite into thicker vein at depth where pyrite, chalcopyrite and sphal erite are likely to appear. (3) ...ac companies dacite-liparite and appears in the region of big tectonic fractu res and cross-faulting...and sphalerite there are small quantities of chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite, mispickel, boumonite, jamesonite...(4) , (8) , (9) There is some covellite in the dumps of the sou th shaft. Cobbed ore is smelted in a |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | What soil there was has ,beenwashedaway sincethe region was denudedof timber. Ro•k Formations and Structure...to 3 per cent.copper,which goesdirectlyto the smelter;(2) leachingOre,or heapore, with 0.5 to 2 per ...(started in 43 B.C.) are still visible; huge Roman slag dumps supply ballast for the local railways. An archimedes...tons of copper originally concentrated in .this region. Downloaded from http://pubs.geoscienceworld....easterly-westerly directionparallelto the structureof the region. Though widely spreadin a long, narrow zone, the |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | resource (Hemerdon) in the traditional tin-producing region of Cornwall, UK. In Myanmar, critical metal-bearing...geological map of the Slate Belt in the Mawchi region; b cross-section A–A’ through the Mawchi granite...paragenetically later molybdenite, bismuthinite, chalcopyrite, arsenopyrite and magnetite. Fluorite is a common...arsenopyrite, galena, and rarer sphalerite and chalcopyrite; high Au values were associated with pyrite...and Pb) sulphides. The Bawdwin Mine and Namtu smelter complex are located in the Northern Shan States |  | | Report (volume) | | rocks and the eventful geologic history of the region, the number of tj'pcs is not surpassed in many...of Maine, 183S. Gives some cross sections in the region of Blue Hill, with descriptive notes on the rocks...Sullivan, with several geologic cross sections of that region. A paper of historical value, describing deposits...quartz, chlorite, muscovite, biotite, pyritr, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, magnetite, arsenopyrite, bornite...composed of massive pyrite, with which some chalcopyrite and other sulphides are intergrown. Some quartz |  | Nevskaya, Marina A., Seleznev, Sergey G., Masloboev, Vladimir A., Klyuchnikova, Elena M., Makarov, Dmitriy V. (2019) Environmental and Business Challenges Presented by Mining and Mineral Processing Waste in the Russian Federation. Minerals, 9 (7) 445 doi:10.3390/min9070445 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 2019 Abstract: Using Murmansk Region, one of Russia’s largest mining regions, as a case...building materials industries. In Russia, mining waste dumps occupy a combined area of more than 300,000 ha [1...billion tons of waste in tailings and mining waste dumps. Therefore, developing and commercializing efficient...anthropogenic mineral raw materials in MMPW within a region or a country; anthropogenic mineral resources (AMR)...presented below, using Murmansk Region, a major Russian mining region, as a case study, confirm that MMPW |
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