 | Frost, Ray L., Williams, Peter A., Martens, Wayde, Leverett, Peter, Kloprogge, J. Theo (2004) Raman spectroscopy of basic copper(II) and some complex copper(II) sulfate minerals: Implications for hydrogen bonding. American Mineralogist, 89 (7) 1130-1137 doi:10.2138/am-2004-0726 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cu3SO4(OH)4 (Araki 1961; Finney and Araki 1963), brochantite Cu4SO4(OH)6 (Helliwell and Smith 1997), and posnjakite...more stable under acidic conditions than is brochantite. The temperature of crystallization is significant...posnjakite formed at lower temperatures than brochantite. These minerals have been studied for various...of these types of minerals as leachates from slag dumps (Ruesenberg and Paulis 1996; Wappler and Tischendorf...Bouchard-Abouchacra (2001) using Raman microscopy identified brochantite and antlerite on the corroded surface of a bronze |  | | 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 |  | 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...(Cu2(CO3)(OH)2), brochantite (Cu4SO4(OH)6) and sphaerocobaltite (CoCO3), were observed on the slag surfaces....produce Cu matte and remove Fe into the silicate slag. The second step is generally performed in Peirce-Smith...its refinement in conventional PS converters. The slag discarded generally contained <1 wt.% Cu (Cutler...tonnes of Cu concentrate per year. The discarded slag contains up to 1 wt.% Cu (T. Gonzáles, Mufulira |  | | 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 (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 |  | | 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) | | 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 (article/letter/editorial) | | contamination [3–12]. Thus, base-metal slag deposits at the Penn Mine in California contained relatively...oxyhydroxides, chalcanthite, siderotil, jarosite, brochantite and gypsum [7] and may control the mobility of...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 |  | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | THE GRAND GULCH MINING REGION, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA. By JAMES M. HILL. INTRODUCTION. Early iff November... R. Callaway, superintendent of the Grand Gulch mine, supplied many details that have been incorporated...of the Colorado Plateau. It forms a part of the region sometimes colloquially called the "Arizona Strip...this paper is based only the Grand Gulch mine and the Bronze L mine, on the terrace above and immediately...longitude 113° 45' W. and latitude 36° 15' N. The region is also represented on the Mount Trumbull topographic |  | 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 (issue) | | rescue dig on the spoil heap of the Alva silver mine near Stirling. Remarkable specimens of dendritic...has taken place over many years concerning early mine working. Was the area worked for its copper either...Definite evidence of both Prehistoric and Roman mine workings on Engine Vein, at Alderley Edge, makes...postage rates). TQ11yBmw11e 10h11 CK Journal of Mine, & Mineral~ No. IS -4- Pearce THE MINERALIZATION...Llugwy Valley, to 300m in the north at Klondyke mine. The black slates are commonly pyritic, containing |  | 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 |  | | 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...a noteble example being that to the Cerro Gordo mine, in which a rise of 4,500 feet is accomplished in...ROCKS. CAMBRIAN SYSTEM. The oldest rocks of the region are limestones, dolomites, quartzitic sandstones...form a belt extending southward from the Reward mine along the west flank of the Inyo Mountains. Collections |  | | 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 |  | | 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) | | that nothing comparable had ever been seen in the region. Veteran speleologists who explored and mapped...with this kind of problem. A mineral was found by a mine captain at Franklin, New Jersey, whose name was...extinguisher that had been cut open, not in a cop per mine. Australia finally yielded a natural occurrence...cu rrences", even as an efflorescence on a coal mine wall or dump. Samuel Pen field probably stopped...rock separnting the Sutro Tunnel from the Savage Mine. Sutro was a mining engineer, and a self-taught |  | | Book (volume) | | Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar region. Fossil hunters are well aquatinted with the famed... W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY...banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area mine dumps from sedimentary overburden⎯oval concretions...States EAST BROOKLYN (SE of Gardner), area coal mine dumps⎯Marcasite, Pyrite. HANCOCK COUNTY DALLAS CITY:...Smithsonite, Strontianite, Witherite; e the Minerva No. 1 Mine, area minerals and also noted fluorescent minerals⎯Alstonite |  | | Book (volume) | | Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar region. Fossil hunters are well aquatinted with the famed... W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY...banks of Mason Cr.⎯fossils; d Coal City, on area mine dumps from sedimentary overburden⎯oval concretions...States EAST BROOKLYN (SE of Gardner), area coal mine dumps⎯Marcasite, Pyrite. HANCOCK COUNTY DALLAS CITY:...Smithsonite, Strontianite, Witherite; e the Minerva No. 1 Mine, area minerals and also noted fluorescent minerals⎯Alstonite |  | | Book | | Series Editors Günther A. Wagner, Hirschhorn, Germany Christopher E. Miller, Institut für Naturwissenschaftliche...Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany Holger Schutkowski, School of Applied Sciences...Deutsches Bergbau-Museum / Ruhr University Bochum, Germany ISSN 1613-9712 Natural Science in Archaeology...University Bochum. He was one of the few scholars in Germany who established Archaeometry and Archaeometallurgy.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2.1 Prospecting Slag Heaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.2.2 |  | | Report (chapter) | | Ca[Zn8(SO4)2(OH)12Cl2](H2O)9, a new phase discovered on slag dumps at Val Varenna, Italy, in association with bechererite...occupied by disordered (SO4) tetrahedra (Fig. 35d). Brochantite, [Cu2+4(OH)6(SO4)], and antlerite, [Cu2+3(OH)4(SO4)]...and (SO4) tetrahedra and the frameworks in (b) brochantite and (d) antlerite; (e) the octahedral chain in...numbers in which they appear abenakiite-(Ce) (19) brochantite (12) dolerophanite (18) haüyne (17) afghanite...Ca[Zn8(SO4)2(OH)12Cl2](H2O)9, a new phase from slag dumps at Val Varenna, Italy. Eur J Mineral 10:923-930 |  | | Book | | had been sending great expeditions to prospect and mine for it throughout the Sinai Peninsula since at least...abandoned, one is also sure to find extensive mine dumps sloping steeply down from the shaft or tunnel...prodvced by atmospheric oxidation, can be found. Old mine dumps often reveal a varied assortment of brightly...unusual for a casual visitor to an old gold rush mine to kick up a solid gold, silver, or native copper...Service topographic maps usually pinpoint every major mine, petrified forest, or other site of significance |  | | Book (edition) | | (where it was marketed), alaskaite from the Alaska mine in Colorado, cubanite from Cuba, kernite from Kern...from the Arabic "powder of the mine" because it came from a silver mine. Perhaps the worst blunder in...Gulf of Mexico, as well as in other countries (Germany, Spain, Rumania, Iran), are of various sizes and...Several notable localities for arsenopyrite are in Germany, in the silver mines of that country. 25. What...Laurium, Greece, where sea water has acted upon lead slag from the ancient mining operations, producing phosgenite |  | | Report (volume) | | River............................. 46 Planet copper mine...................................................camp ......................................... Iron mine...................................... .<... .................................. 122 McCracken lead mine .............................................. 123...stope in Bonanza mine; B, Part of Harquahala, Ariz., including buildings of the Bonanza mine................(Harqua Hala) mine......... 108 VII. A, View near Hercules mine; B, View near Cunningham Pass mine. 110 VIII |
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