 | | Report (chapter) | | closed-basin lakes, in rock outcrops, and in mines and mine wastes has been noted since early antiquity. The...rocks, coal deposits, metallic ore deposits, and mine wastes. The composition of the salts reflects the...was shipped in large quantities from the Bluestone mine, Nevada (Palache et al. 1951). Many of the soluble...pentahydrate with Cu:Fe:Zn = 70:24:6, from Alameda County, California, gave a melanterite-type X-ray pattern...is a massive sulfide that hosts extremely acidic mine waters, some with negative pH values (Nordstrom |  | Murray, Jesica, Kirschbaum, Alicia, Dold, Bernhard, Guimaraes, Edi, Miner, Elisa (2014) Jarosite versus Soluble Iron-Sulfate Formation and Their Role in Acid Mine Drainage Formation at the Pan de Azúcar Mine Tailings (Zn-Pb-Ag), NW Argentina. Minerals, 4 (2) 477-502 doi:10.3390/min4020477 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Formation and Their Role in Acid Mine Drainage Formation at the Pan de Azúcar Mine Tailings (Zn-Pb-Ag), NW Argentina...iron-sulfate minerals control the composition of acid mine waters formed by the oxidation of sulfide in tailings...tailings impoundments at the (Zn-Pb-Ag) Pan de Azúcar mine located in the Pozuelos Lagoon Basin (semi-arid...outcrops. The most abundant compounds in the acid mine drainage (AMD) are SO42−, Fe2+, Fe3+, Minerals...downstream environment. Keywords: sulfide oxidation; mine tailings; soluble iron-sulfate salts; jarosite; |  | | Journal (issue) | | Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Joseph A. Mandarino...reprints, book sales, shows) P.O. Box 35565 Tucson, Arizona 85740 520-297-6709 • FAX: 520-544-0815 E-mail:...Richard W. Graeme and the Graeme Family collection of Bisbee minerals and ores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...AZ 85741. Periodicals postage paid at Tucson, Arizona and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send...practical experience at the Gottesehre (“God’s Honor”) mine, a small fluorite mining operation in Urberg, near |  | | Report (volume) | | or metal-sulfide ores (largely for gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc) produce waste materials that generate...and sediment. Concentrated waters associated with mine wastes may precipitate a variety of metal-sulfate...role of soluble sulfate minerals formed from acid mine drainage (and its natural equivalent, acid rock...ENVIRONMENTS .................................... . 351 Mine drainage .........................................Ramondo et al. 1991; Sliznev and Solomonik 1996; Hill et al. 1997), density functional theory (DFT) (McKee |  | | Report (chapter) | | properties. INTRODUCTION TO ACID SULFATE ENVIRONMENTS Mine drainage The best known examples of acid sulfate...may be as many as 500,000 inactive or abandoned mine sites in the United States alone (Lyon et al. 1993)...been seriously damaged by mine effluents. Contamination of natural waters by mine drainage has killed enormous...be unfit for recreational activities. Most acid mine waters have pH values in the range of 2 to 4 (Nordstrom... Bigham & Nordstrom Plumlee et al. 1999). Acid mine drainage occurs when acid production exceeds the |
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