 | | 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) | | sparingly in ores of the Tucson mine in the Leadville district of Lake County, Colorado (Eckel 1997). In Arizona...identified widely throughout the Warren mining district but always in small amounts (Palache and Merwin...other mines in the Pyramid district, also north of Reno. In the latter district, chalcophyllite occurs with...microcrystals is the 3 Metals mine in the Weepah district of Esmeralda County. Utah boosts two specimen-quality...(formerly Copperopolis) and the Mammoth mine, Tintic district. It has also been reported from the Big Indian |  | | 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) | | Hall Mineral Collection N. Turner. 1 Rammelsberg Slag Minerals 1 W. van den Berg and C. van Loon. Diary...the Iberian Peninsula. Pyrite from Logrono, and gypsum var. selenite from Zaragosa, Spain (see Mineralogical...The International Association o f Collectors o f Slag Minerals has sprung from a n association between...Its display includes photographs o f many Lake District mines, especially in Caldbeck, along with mining...and other memorabilia found in the workings and dumps or uncovered during research in old archives. Some |  | | 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...Śla˛skie belongs to the Upper Silesian Industry District, which is an area hosting extensive mining and |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | groundwater contamination [3–12]. Thus, base-metal slag deposits at the Penn Mine in California contained...chalcanthite, siderotil, jarosite, brochantite and gypsum [7] and may control the mobility of metals to soil...the Iberian Pyrite Belt and the Cartagena mining district, is the oldest metallurgical and mining area in...Mediterranean coastline of the Sierra Almagrera district produced approximately 550,000 t of Pb and 3000...part of the Sierra Almagrera, where the main slag dumps were generated between 1850 and 1885 (Figure |  | 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) | | toxic heavy metals were found especially in the slag-contaminated soil. Copper, Zn, and Pb were the most...mining and metallurgical wastes in the mining district of Rio Tinto (Spain). These drastically disturbed...wastes: (a) roasted pyrite pyrite piles; (b) slag(b) dumps; and (c) heap leaching photographs of extensive...extensive the extensive wastes: (a) roasted piles; slag dumps; and (c) heap grounds grounds (photo A.(photo...The smelting operations produced a vast volume of slag (at least 10 million tons with an average grade |  | 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...the chemical and mineralogical composition of the slag; (2) to identify the chemical and mineralogical...pollutants’ geochemical behaviour. FIG. 1. Piles of slag in S. Domingos mine and its spatial relationship...et al., 2004). The association between metal and slag phase is an important control on the availability...(Parsons et al., 2001). Moreover, the dispersion of slag grains can control the soil geochemistry near smelting |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | people who wash over the dumps from exhausted and abandoned mines, and those dumps which are derived from...reactions in large oxidizing sulfidic waste rock dumps may provide future opportunities to obtain geothermal...phases and fi nely crystalline minerals, including gypsum, quartz, hematite, calcite, böhmite, gibbsite,...The reuse of ferrous slag has been a widely accepted practice since Roman times. Slag piles commonly occur...Historic dump of smelting slag facing the Río Tinto, Spain. The ~1 km long slag dump (~10 million tonnes) |  | 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...heavy industry, including mining and smelting. Slag dumps scattered across the region are the sources of...At the slag dump in Ruda Śląska, it is possible to distinguish three types of slag: (i) slag associated...glassy slag composed of glass and single crystals of melilite and wollastonite; and (iii) slag composed |  | | 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) | | cm wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico Steve Neely collection...blue-green reniform masses from the Magdalena (Kelly) District in Socorro County, New Mexico (D). Specimens from...10 Smithsonite The Illinois-Kentucky fluorite district has produced some smithsonite specimens. According...included greenockite from the mines in the Rush District, Marion County, Arkansas (D). The Morning Star...very fine examples of smithsonite from the Ophir District, Tooele County, Utah (D). These very fine botryoidal |  | 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...disposal site. The stored solid waste (chemical gypsum, named locally as “gessi rossi”, codified as 061101...this tract of the Apennine chain forming NW-SE graben-type basins, where lacustrine to marine sediments...located in the south-western part of the mining district of Colline Metallifere in southern Tuscany, Italy...south-southeast of the study area. This ISW, chemical gypsum named locally as “gessi rossi”, is a silt, ML according |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | LichenIndicatorof CopperMineralization, LightsCreek District,PlumasCounty,California STEVEJ. CZEHURA Abstract...DURING a geochemicalexaminationof the Lights Creek district,an anomalousgreenlichen (Lecanora cascadensis... 1974) and Lecidea decipicnsand CoIlcmaminor-- gypsum (Viktorov, 1956). Possiblelichenindicatorsof zinc...Fungal layer The Study Area The Lights Creek district is situated in northern Californiaapproximately10...reportedto have The climate of the Lights Creek district is classed copperconcentrations as high as 3,000 |  | 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 |  | | Journal (volume) | | ide Smelting Mill, County Durham, including a new slag mineral, copper antimonate 54-61 Richard S. W. Braithwaite...the Caldbeck Fells, in the Leadhills-Wanlockhead district, and at Whitwell quarry in Derbyshire. By studying...worked for baryte in the mid-20 th century. The dumps from these mines surround and in some cases cover...Fells, at the northern edge of the English Lake District in Cumbria, host one of the richest 4 and most...but yielded nothing of value (Adams, 1988). The dumps contain a little baryte and vein quartz and an open |  | | Thesis/Dissertation | | „Contributions to the mineralogy of the Lavrion mining district, Greece” verfasst von / submitted by Irene Liebhart...worries. 1 2. Introduction The Lavrion mining district is situated in the southeast part of the Attika...located 50 km northwest of the Lavrion mining district (Figure 1). The Lavrion stratigraphy is believed...provided by mineralogist Branko Rieck (B.R.), Austria, who has been travelling to the Lavrion area for...sphalerite, galena, greenockite, hemimorphite, gypsum, calcite and dolomite. Figure 2. Detail of the |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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...building was L shaped having 3 Scotch hearths, a slag hearth, a roasting furnace and desilvering plant...caking mass, slag was raked forward whilst molten metal seeped through the charge. As the slag separated...material on the dumps at Meadowfoot Smelter is not mineralized. it consists of small pieces of slag (pea size |  | 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) | | a large part of the Zambian Copperbelt mining district was carried out by the Czech Research Group with...health. Ores of the Zambian Copperbelt mining district are mined for Cu and Co, but a number of other...Chililabombwe Mining District, and the Mufulira River that drains the Mufulira Mining District. Other important...important dextral tributary rivers in the Chingola District are the Mushishima and its tributaries, Mwambashi...(TSL) bath technology ISASMELTMM and reprocessed old slag from the Nkana smelter [67]. The Nkana Smelter was |  | | Journal (issue) | | .. SHATTERED CRYSTAL CAVITIES OF THE PATERSON DISTRICT. By W1n. C. Casperson ..........................renewed activity at the old mines. The mines in this district have beeu operating for many years but a few years...Northeast of the lake is the Cerro Gordo mining district which was discovered in the 1860' s. In the 70'...The silver was associated with galena and the slag dumps were so rich in lead cha, they ,vere reworked...can still be found in the old drifts and on the dumps. We continue north co Lone Pine, ac the foot of |  | | Book | | be seen on the slopes of Sowen Dod (Fig 14) The slag dump occupies the relatively flat area below the...village. Before this date there were two conical dumps which were removed for hardcore/road fill and carparks...13. Wanlock Water looking west from the smelter slag dump. 2020. Fig 14. Meadowfoot Lead Smelter site...the loop of the two condenser flues and flat grey slag heap area to the left with building outlines (2019)...view of the remains of the smelter buildings and slag dump area in 2019. © Getmapping 2020. Linarite |  | | Book (volume) | | Elberton and Hartwell in Hart Co. The known mica district includes some 250 sq. mi., with most mining revolving...HillsboroBeryl, Quartz crystals (blue, smoky); in dumps of 13 area minesAmazonite, Garnet, Mica. JONES...COUNTY AREA: very many regional old mines and dumpsAzurite, native Copper, Gold, Malachite, etc.; ... Idaho MONTPELIER: E 3 mi., in limestone fissuresGypsum; area of Paris Canyon, the Hummingbird MineQuartz...the Deer Cr. depositsBarite; area mines and dumpsGalena, Silver, Sphalerite. KETCHUM: area Lead |  | 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) | | 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...Copper-Nickel Mining Waste Dump is located in Pechenga District, Murmansk Region. It holds the mining wastes of...disappearance of calcite CaCO3 and development of gypsum CaSO4 ·2H2 O can be explained by the supergene...of processing the overburden rock stored in the dumps into crushed stone. It was found that the physico-mechanical |  | | Report (issue) | | Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Boleo Copper District Baja California, Mexico By IVAN F. WILSON In collaboration...__________ Basal marine limestone. -_-_-----_.----__ Gypsum. _ ___-___--_---_-----_--------_ Fossiliferous...Reserves. __ _ ________________ _______________ Dumps and slag piles---__---_-------_---___Recommendations...present in minor quantities in the copper ore_ Gypsum.______________________________________ Limestone...Topographic and geologic map of the Boleo copper district, Baja California, Mexico. Planimetric map showing |
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