 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral precipitates from a historical smelting slag dump, Río Tinto, Spain B. G. Lottermoser, Cairns...mineralogy of mineral efflorescences associated with slag deposits at the historical Río Tinto smelter site...precipitates at seepage points at the base of the slag dump and as solid aggregates in protected overhangs...mineral salt types include Ca and Mg sulfates (gypsum, epsomite, hexahydrite, bloedite) as well as mixed...hexahydrite rich samples have the highest Zn, and the gypsum-rich samples show the lowest metal and metalloid |  | | 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 (issue) | | Rammelsberg Slag Minerals 1 W. van den Berg and C. van Loon. Diary of Events 4 2 6 Llywernog Mine and Museum...Great Consols. Sculls in Devon Great Consols copper mine supporting the hanging wall of the lode. When copper...subsequent extraction of this sulphide from the mine, the lower levels remained untouched, since most...arsenopyrite in the deeper, flooded parts of the mine. P h o t o : R.H. Bird A.R.P.S. U.K. JOURNAL OF...was a single tourmaline (65 x 20тт) from the Jos region of Nigeria which graded from pink to dark green |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | contamination [3–12]. Thus, base-metal slag deposits at the Penn Mine in California contained relatively...chalcanthite, siderotil, jarosite, brochantite and gypsum [7] and may control the mobility of metals to soil...sulfate and dissolved metals from contaminated acid mine drainages [17]. Organic amendments from municipal...waste compost have been used in the reclamation of mine spoils from limestone quarries [18]. In addition...phytoavailability. The use of sewage sludge on sulfide mine tailings is based on supplying nutrients to promote |  | Fernández-Landero, Sandra, Fernández-Caliani, Juan Carlos, Giráldez, María Inmaculada, Morales, Emilio, Barba-Brioso, Cinta, González, Isabel (2023) Soil Contaminated with Hazardous Waste Materials at Rio Tinto Mine (Spain) Is a Persistent Secondary Source of Acid and Heavy Metals to the Environment. Minerals, 13 (4) 456 doi:10.3390/min13040456 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Contaminated with Hazardous Waste Materials at Rio Tinto Mine (Spain) Is a Persistent Secondary Source of Acid...Contaminated with Hazardous Waste Materials at Rio Tinto Mine (Spain) Is a Persistent Department Earth Sciences...trace elements from soils heavily contaminated with mine waste at Rio Tinto. Three different waste materials...toxic heavy metals were found especially in the slag-contaminated soil. Copper, Zn, and Pb were the most...metals in the acid leach solutions resulting from mine soil-water interaction, with peak values of 55.6 |  | | 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...reported from the now-closed Harborside mine and nearby Rosier mine, Brooksville, Hancock County, Maine....West. It occurs sparingly in ores of the Tucson mine in the Leadville district of Lake County, Colorado...fine chalcophyllite microcrystals is the 3 Metals mine in the Weepah district of Esmeralda County. Utah |  | | 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... goethite, jarosite, antlerite, roemerite, and gypsum. Remnants of the gangue material are highly altered...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 |  | 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) | | of S. Domingos (Iberian Pyritic Belt) abandoned mine slags L. ROSADO1, C. MORAIS1, A. E. CANDEIAS1, A... Portugal ABSTR ACT The S. Domingos abandoned mine is a major source of pollutant-metals contamination...leachable of the elements studied. K EY WORDS : slag, acid mine drainage, metal pollution, S. Domingos, retention...(FeAsS) or bismuth and antimony sulphosalts. The Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) and metal contamination processes...reserves. During the latter period, the principal mine infrastructures were built, including the * E-mail: |  | Warchulski, R., Mendecki, M., Gawęda, A., Sołtysiak, M., Gadowski, M. (2019) Rainwater-induced migration of potentially toxic elements from a Zn–Pb slag dump in Ruda Śląska in light of mineralogical, geochemical and geophysical investigations. Applied Geochemistry, 109. 104396 doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2019.104396 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | migration of potentially toxic elements from a Zn–Pb slag dump in Ruda Śląska in light of mineralogical, geochemical...A B S T R A C T Keywords: Zn-Pb slag Potentially toxic elements Slag weathering Rainfall leaching EM...conductivity Soil pollution The Upper Silesia region of Poland is known for its concentration of heavy...including mining and smelting. Slag dumps scattered across the region are the sources of pollutants such...At the slag dump in Ruda Śląska, it is possible to distinguish three types of slag: (i) slag associated |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Recycling, Reuse and Rehabilitation of Mine Wastes Bernd G. Lottermoser* 1811-5209/11/0007-0405$2.50...prevent, minimize, reuse and recycle waste. Reuse of mine wastes allows their beneficial application, whereas...recycling concepts for mine wastes are not economic. Consequently, the great majority of mine wastes are still...to more responsible environmental stewardship of mine sites and better waste management. Moder n mining...recycling, reuse, rehabilitation, sustainability, mine waste, zero waste compel planning and informed decision-making |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and iron arsenic mixture) and secondary phases (gypsum, rapidcreekite, apatite). Interstices between the...present in greater amounts in leachate from weathered slag samples. The documented amounts of As, Zn, Pb and...purposes. K EY WORDS : Zn-Pb slag, slag composition, heavy elements mobilization, slag crystallization in undercooling...bulk compositions and leaching tests for two slag dumps from the Bytom Piekary Śla˛skie area, Upper...reduction furnace continuously and put on waste dumps (Kotucha, 2008). At a similar installation in Świe˛tochłowice |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mineralogy and the release of trace elements from slag from the Hegeler Zinc smelter, Illinois (USA) Nadine...2009 Editorial handling by R. Fuge a b s t r a c t Slag from the former Hegeler Zn-smelting facility in...Secondary phases such as goethite, hematite and gypsum are significant in some samples and reflect surficial...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 |  | | Report (issue) | | Smithsonite slice and egg, 5.8 and 2.7 cm tall Masua Mine, Carbonia-lglesias, Sardinia, Italy Cal and Kerith...page Smithsonite, 9.2 cm wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico Steve...1867. ·thsonian Smithsonite First Oxide Zone, Tsu Mine, Tsumeb, Nami 10cm tall Brent Lockhart coll Joe...reasons for this palette. Beginning on page Antler Mine Smithsonite? Many comprehensive smithsonite collections..."smithsonite" from Mohave County, Arizona's Antler Mine, while the mineral is not noted from the locality |  | | Journal (issue) | | 21 Bakewell Rock Swap Allan Winrow 23 Levant Mine Trevor Wolloxall 24 Smallcleugh, Melanterite Steve...Steve Uttley 27 Micro Minerals from Dyfngwm Mine S. &D. Rust 28 Mineral News Keith Hammond 32 FRONT...section has been included, whats new, recent finds/mine closures/new mines etc. . . . . . . . . . . . ....substances which came into being during smelting and slag formation are not minerals. Substances which form...stream up one of the spurs of Sowen Dod. The slag dumps have received considerable attention from mineral |  | | Journal (volume) | | prismatic mimetite crystals to 4mm from Dry Gill mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, collected in the 1970s...first British occurrence of kottigite, from Hilton Mine, Scordale, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges and David I...3 4-38 A review of the mineralogy of Brae Fell Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria Trevor F. Bridges, David...ide Smelting Mill, County Durham, including a new slag mineral, copper antimonate 54-61 Richard S. W. Braithwaite...L. Nattrass Hydronium jarosite from Brynycastell Mine, Dolgellau, Gwynedd, Wales Tom F. Cotterell 65-67 |  | 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) | | soils and plant contamination; bioaccessibility; mine drainage; plants Revised: 23 February 2023 Accepted:...has been studied by many authors [5,7,25]. Many mine drainage waters have low pH and carry high concentrations...and metalloids [26–29]. It is well known that acid mine drainage (AMD) forms when mining activities expose...Copperbelt Province of Zambia, are more vulnerable to mine and smelter contamination than in more developed...environmental data were scattered throughout a wide range of mine owners. Since the late nineties, the situation has |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1974) and Lecidea decipicnsand CoIlcmaminor-- gypsum (Viktorov, 1956). Possiblelichenindicatorsof zinc...Lounamaa(1956) betweenthe Superiormine and the Lucky-S mine, reportedthat the coppercontentof lichensgrowing...and is copperand iron contentof lichensgrowingon slag dissected with nulnerousintermittentstreams.Ridges...QUARTZ MONZONITE AT LUCKY-S MINE T27N T26N , Kettle j J "%TAYLOR LAK•' MINE "RockMt. ",. 5 t i 5...CONTACT(Dashed where referred) .... FAULT (Dashed 5• MINE A METAL ROCKS where •nferred) PROSPECT RI2E |  | 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)...composition of the wastes, and potential for acid mine drainage (AMD). Depending on the above properties |  | Kierczak, J., Neel, C., Puziewicz, J., Bril, H. (2009) THE MINERALOGY AND WEATHERING OF SLAG PRODUCED BY THE SMELTING OF LATERITIC Ni ORES, SZKLARY, SOUTHWESTERN POLAND. The Canadian Mineralogist, 47 (3) 557-572 doi:10.3749/canmin.47.3.557 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 3749/canmin.47.3.557 THE MINERALOGY AND WEATHERING OF SLAG PRODUCED BY THE SMELTING OF LATERITIC Ni ORES, SZKLARY...wt.% SiO2, and slag 2 is enriched in Ca and impoverished in Fe relative to slag 1; slag 3 is characterized...(awaruite, bronze, metallic Fe and Cu). One type of slag contains significant amounts of the potentially...affected by weathering, and small vitreous fragments of slag occurring in nearby agricultural fields have only... Keywords: processing of Ni ore, lateritic ore, slag, phase composition, weathering, Szklary, Poland |  | Protano, Giuseppe, Baroni, Davide, Bianchi, Stefano, Russo, Cristoforo, Salleolini, Massimo (2020) Assessing the impact on groundwater chemistry of an environmental restoration performed using industrial solid waste from TiO2 production. Applied Geochemistry, 120. 104666pp. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2020.104666 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | environmental impact of ISW disposed in landfills and dumps as source of heavy metal (loid)s due to weathering...widespread ISW such as mine waste rocks and tailings with emphasis to the rule of acid mine drainage (Espana...disposal site. The stored solid waste (chemical gypsum, named locally as “gessi rossi”, codified as 061101...south-southeast of the study area. This ISW, chemical gypsum named locally as “gessi rossi”, is a silt, ML according...produces the main solid constituent of ISW such as gypsum (CaSO.42H2O) and iron hydroxide [Fe(OH)2], through |  | | Book | | Linlithgow on the east bank of the Glengonner water below Mine Hill. The remains of the Meadowfoot Lead Smelter...creating additional dwelling specifically to house mine workers. The hand coloured map shows the Wanlockhead...be seen on the slopes of Sowen Dod (Fig 14) The slag dump occupies the relatively flat area below the...usually thought to be the Leadhills-Glengonner (Mine Hill) area, by monks., or they were overseeing the...landmark conical spoil dump at the New Glencrieff Mine from the 1951-58 reworking. Fig 4. Map showing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | microminerals of Mont Saint-Hilaire, the Evans-Lou mine, and other unusual localities in southern QuCbec...preserve historic mining sites in the Gatineau region, near Ottawa. At the time of his death, he had...getting to, and collecting at, the Brown Monster mine in Inyo County, California. He also showed slides...the mineral collecting possibilities at the Reward mine. Garth then gave a preview of the minerals from...some of the hazards of removing specimens from a mine where the water level in an adit is deeper than |  | | Book (volume) | | areaStaurolite; NE 2½ mi.: (a) the Cochran Mica Mine (1 mi. from the Cherry Grove School, near old tenant...mi., on the Etowah R., at the Creighton-Franklin MineGold; on the Oscar Robertson farm; and on the...CHEROKKE-PICKENS COUNTIES NELSON (Pickens Co.), a 300 sq. mi. region surrounding this town contains many pegmatite dike...Fulton Co.): creek bedsDiamond; the Laurel Creek MineAquamarine, Beryl, red Corundum. COBB COUNTY BELMONT...ELBERT COUNTY AREA: Rock Branch Church, old mica mineBeryl; Harmony Church, area Aquamarine; Broad |  | | Journal (issue) | | canyon road leads co the Tick Canyon Sterling Borax mine where very interesting specimens of howlite, suitable...entered. Many of the igneous intrusions in this region are mineralized and prospect holes dot the surrounding...all faces perfect. Our road now passes through a region of recent volcanic activity. A splendid river of...a few miles brings us co a cinnabar mine of low grade. This mine resumed operationr. in the past year...California's richest silver, lead, zinc 72 mine. The silver ore in the mine averaged over $300.00 a ton and several |  | | Report (issue) | | __________ Basal marine limestone. -_-_-----_.----__ Gypsum. _ ___-___--_---_-----_--------_ Fossiliferous...Nomenclature of mines-_----__-_______-_.-__ San Luciano mine (ore bed no. !)._____________ Page 80 81 82 82...Montado mine (ore bed no. 1 and Sin Nombre ore bed)____--___-__-_-----_----_----_-----_ Rancheria mine (ore...(ore bed no. !)_______________ Cinco de Mayo mine (ore bed no. 1)__________ Smaller mines in ore bed no...California-Lugarda mine (ore bed no. 3) _______ Humboldt mine (ore bed no. 3)-___---_---____ Purgatorio mine (ore bed |
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