| 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...the slags studied were Cu sulphides (digenite, chalcocite, bornite, chalcopyrite), Co-Fe sulphides (cobaltpentlandite)...and sphaerocobaltite (CoCO3), were observed on the slag surfaces. They indicate that the slags studied are...Copperbelt are bornite (Cu5FeS4), followed by chalcocite (Cu2S), chalcopyrite (CuFeS2), covellite (CuS)...composed mainly of chalcopyrite, bornite and chalcocite. The first step consists of smelting in a furnace | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | been first described from material collected in Germany, although there is no specific reference to the...is in the Freiberg Mining Academy collection in Germany (Anthony et al. 2000). A historic synonym is tamarite...(Ahlfeld and Reyes 1995). Although the Antofagasta Region of Chile is noted for large copper mines with extensive...to 1.2 mm across associated with arsenopyrite, chalcocite, chrysocolla, pharmacosiderite, and scorodite...crystals to 5 mm have been collected on the mine dumps (Golley and Williams 1995). Elsewhere in England | | | 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 | | | 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...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...concentration of trace elements in these surficial slag samples is controlled by the proportions of spinel phases | | | 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...chalcopyrite (CuFeS2 ), bornite (Cu5 FeS4 ), chalcocite (Cu2 S), digenite (Cu9 S5 ), linnaeite (Co3 S4 | | | 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 | | | 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) | 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) | Reserves. __ _ ________________ _______________ Dumps and slag piles---__---_-------_---___Recommendations...exploration. _ ___ Other mineral deposits in the region.-.._______________ Manganese deposits._-____-_... CONTENTS 22. 23. 24. 25. Analyses of Boleo smelter products._____________________________________...______________________ Analyses of some Boleo smelter products for copper, cobalt, and nickel_______..._--_--_---_--------Data on exploration, mine, smelter, and copper production of the Compagnie du Bole"o | | | 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 | | | 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...pyrrhotite, magnetite, arsenopyrite, bornite, chalcocite, and a little zinc blende and galena. Near Blue... Reported from the silver mines at Sullivan. Chalcocite. Not abundant in any of the deposits. Sparingly | | | 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...but yielded nothing of value (Adams, 1988). The dumps contain a little baryte and vein quartz and an open...mineralised spoil, and contains a few elongated finger dumps. Little remains of any of the mine buildings. A | | | Book | me. We wanted to buy some dumps Jim controlled that might make good smelter flux. Jim greeted us with...for thousands of years. He had seen bits of copper slag from Asia Minor in college museums, and recalled...scouring the desert surrounding Mount Sinai. Slag dumps thousands of years old contained traces of copper...ancient The Island of Copper 7 workings or dumps. Cyprus proved to be much larger than he had thought...the island he had noticed the large piles of Roman slag, still black and glassy. Unfortunately the Romans | | | Report (volume) | map of the area-............. In pocket. II. A, Smelter at Planet, Ariz.; B, Mountain of gneiss and schist...Mack's and Ward well & Osbourne properties; B, Smelter at Cinnabar, Ariz............ 78 IV. A, Ridges...economic geology of the principal ore deposits of .the region as was obtainable in the short time allotted. In...places to make travel over almost any part of the region possible, although in some places not at all convenient...the general geologic conditions existing in this region, combined o The Arizona and Swansea Railroad is | | | 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...and Pb) sulphides. The Bawdwin Mine and Namtu smelter complex are located in the Northern Shan States...twentieth century the British noticed that the slag dumps resulting from the silver workings were extremely...Myanmar Historically, most Au production in the region has been from Late Cretaceous high-grade auriferous | | | Book (volume) | CHEROKKE-PICKENS COUNTIES NELSON (Pickens Co.), a 300 sq. mi. region surrounding this town contains many pegmatite dike...HillsboroBeryl, Quartz crystals (blue, smoky); in dumps of 13 area minesAmazonite, Garnet, Mica. JONES...minesMica, Beryl, Quartz; SE 4 mi.: (a) area of the Germany Mt.; (b) at Wilson farmAmethyst (gem quality);...TOWNS COUNTY AREA: extending into Clay Co., NC, a region of mica schist exposures reaching from (a) Winchester...HillBiotite, Muscovite. THOMASTON: area, a broad region of rich mines extending from SW of Thomaston S | | | Journal (issue) | that nothing comparable had ever been seen in the region. Veteran speleologists who explored and mapped...occurrence is located in the Sinai-Negev Desert region of Israel, just north of the Gulf of Aqabah. This...the clHfs of the Timna Massif. In thls re mote region the occurrence of enriched copper nodules in a...made into the desolate Arava region to examine the ancient shafts and smelter ruins. The arid desert conditions...of previously unknown Egyptian cul ture in the region of the mines. Prior to that time, the mines had | | | Report (volume) | hill________________________ XVI. A, Sweet mine and smelter plant of Mansfield group; B, Castle Butte mine...from Mexico in 1854. (See fig. 1.) It lies in the region mapped by the United States Geological Survey as...miles southwestward to Twin Buttes. The Pioneer smelter, recently built, is 1^ miles southwest of Sahuarita...northwest. CLIMATE AND VEGETATION. The climate of the region is arid, with hot summers, particularly in the...elevation of 9,432 feet. The best-forested part of the region is the west slope of the Santa Rita Mountains, | | | Journal (issue) | 600 by Nov. 1. Magma said the cut would reduce smelter output at San Manuel “‘something less than one-...de- partment has been established as follows: Region Vermont, I—Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts...and Ky.; Knoxville, Tenn.; and Birmingham, Ala Region I1I—Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin...District office offices City, Mo., and Tulsa, Okla. Region V—North Dakota, is in metallurgy, basic mineral...Zanesville, Ohio; Evansville, Ind., and Springfield, III Region 1V—lIowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma | | | Book (volume) | Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar region. Fossil hunters are well aquatinted with the famed...of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area mine dumps from sedimentary overburden⎯oval concretions (containing...States EAST BROOKLYN (SE of Gardner), area coal mine dumps⎯Marcasite, Pyrite. HANCOCK COUNTY DALLAS CITY:...gravel rd. 2 mi. to the Mahoning Mine No. 3, on dumps⎯Fluorite crystals; g Fairview Landing, area mines⎯Cerussite...Fluorspar region extends W into Pope Co. HENDERSON COUNTY TERRE HAUTE, area gravels, pits, mine dumps⎯Mason | | | Book (volume) | Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar region. Fossil hunters are well aquatinted with the famed...of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area mine dumps from sedimentary overburden⎯oval concretions (containing...States EAST BROOKLYN (SE of Gardner), area coal mine dumps⎯Marcasite, Pyrite. HANCOCK COUNTY DALLAS CITY:...gravel rd. 2 mi. to the Mahoning Mine No. 3, on dumps⎯Fluorite crystals; g Fairview Landing, area mines⎯Cerussite...Fluorspar region extends W into Pope Co. HENDERSON COUNTY TERRE HAUTE, area gravels, pits, mine dumps⎯Mason | | | Book | G. Postfach 100940 D.4970 Bad Oeynhausen West Germany Tel (05731) 151. Telex 972-4835 Weserhttte Otto...-D-6000 Frankfurt am Main1l1 Federal Republic of Germany Amsterdam - Beijing - Bruxelles Caracas . Johannesburg...6,000 years ago s the Egyptians. Ancient slag piles or dumps, wall inscriptions, museum pieces, etc.,...large sums of money on research. Historically, Germany was the leading industrial country before the First...This is the most important deposit in the Tebessa region and is found in an elliptical depression extending | | | Report (issue) | ___________ _ East-dipping longitudinal faults _____ _ Germany fault zone ____________ _ Stonewall fault zone...Grand Tower and Legal Tender claims ___ ___ _ _ Germany mines ___ _. ___________ _:. __________ . Little...165 165 167 ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATE 1. Map of region surrounding the Magdalena district, showing general..._____ ______________ _ 149 22. Section from the Germany fault through the Grand Tower shaft, looking N..._____________ _______ _______ _ 149 23. Map of the Germany mines showing geology of accessible parts _________ |
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