 | | Book | | the coast, south of Lisbon (Campos 1957)- The Moors do not appear to have carried out mining on any extensive...of mining (Figueroa 1859). A certain Don Francisco de Mendoza was commissioned to visit, examine, and gather...Middle Ages the governments of both Spain and Portugal were mainly interested in mining for the amount...nineteenth centuries that any small production of copper is recorded from the area. Thus there is satis¬...satis¬ factory proof that the large accumulation of slag existing in the area of these mines had been produced |  | | 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) | | 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) | | 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 |  | 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...University of Évora Chemistry Department, Évora, Portugal Mediterranean and Agricultural Sciences Institute...University of Évora, Évora, Portugal INETI Laboratory, S. Mamede de Infesta, Portugal Evora Geophysics Centre...Geosciences Department, Évora, Portugal ABSTR ACT The S. Domingos abandoned mine is a major source of pollutant-metals...while As and Pb are partially stored in sulphates. Copper, on the other hand, has a different behaviour and |  | | 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...Evaporation of seepage waters emanating from the slag dump causes the precipitation of mobilised elements...sulfate contamination of Río Tinto waters. Key words: Slag, mineral efflorescences, gypsum, epsomite, hexahydrite |  | 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...were considered as case studies: roasted pyrite, copper slags, and leached sulfide ores. The results showed...metals were found especially in the slag-contaminated soil. Copper, Zn, and Pb were the most abundant |  | 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) | | 74(4), pp. 581–600 Primary and secondary phases in copper-cobalt smelting slags from the Copperbelt Province...crystal shapes indicated rapid cooling of the slag melt. Copper and cobalt were found in low concentrations...and sphaerocobaltite (CoCO3), were observed on the slag surfaces. They indicate that the slags studied are...EY WORDS : slags, smelting, Copperbelt, Zambia, copper, cobalt, clinopyroxene, leucite. Introduction...Copperbelt, it is estimated that 30 million tonnes of copper metal have been produced since mining began on |  | | Journal (issue) | | Rammelsberg Slag Minerals 1 W. van den Berg and C. van Loon. Diary of Events 4 2 6 Llywernog Mine and Museum...story. We must also ask whether the new displays will do full justice to the variability in minerals (where...same way as, say, in the animal kingdom) or indeed do justice to the depth of the Natural History Museum's...Devon Great Consols copper mine supporting the hanging wall of the lode. When copper production fell, the...subsequent extraction of this sulphide from the mine, the lower levels remained untouched, since most |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | from the Greek words for both its major element (copper) and its typical morphology (leaflike). This attractive...compared to other copper arsenates that occur in the supergene weathering zones of copper-bearing ore deposits...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...hexagonal “blades” to 8 mm associated with cuprite, copper, connellite, and iron oxides (Graeme 1981). Elsewhere |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 737±747 The leaching behaviour of lead metallurgical slag in high-molecular-weight (HMW ) organic solutions...contaminants (Pb, Zn, Cu, As) in `soil-like' environments. Slag was submitted to a 112-day batch leaching experiment...MINTEQA2 calculations and confirmed on the leached slag surface by SEM and Raman spectrometry. Compared...predominant during the long-term interaction of slag with an HMW organic solution of real soil. As a...re-vegetation of slag dumps may be considered as a possible scenario for slag management. K EY WORDS : slag, Pb metallurgy |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Mine Wastes: Past, Present, Future L EFT: Acidic drainage leaking from a former adit, Rheidol Mine, Wales...Wales.Above: Zinc- and lead-rich mine wastes at the former Cwmystwyth mine, Wales Karen A. Hudson-Edwards1...uneconomic, solid and liquid materials found at or near mine sites. Volumetrically they are one of the world’s...ecosystems and humans. Multidisciplinary research on mine wastes focuses on understanding their character...quantities of historic, contemporary and future mine wastes, given the trend to exploit larger deposits |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (50 days) experiments mimicking FS and subsequent mine dump processes. The mode of occurrence and the stability...oxides were hydrated by rain and soil water in the mine dumps producing basic lead phases. Chemical composition...other samples implies that temperatures in most cases do not exceed 540 °C. Calculated stability diagrams...quantitatively explain their formation in the medieval mine dumps by the reaction of the lead oxides with a weathering...phases in other anthropogenic environments like slag dumps, lead contaminated soils or in contact to concrete |  | 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) | | 2004 Raman spectroscopy of basic copper(II) and some complex copper(II) sulfate minerals: Implications...et al. 2001); (2) corrosion and restoration of copper and bronze objects (Kratschmer et al. 2002; Livingston...1998; Bouchard-Abouchacra 2001); (3) corrosion of copper pipes containing reticulated water; (4) formation...of these types of minerals as leachates from slag dumps (Ruesenberg and Paulis 1996; Wappler and Tischendorf...at Vesuvius in 79 AD, for example. Many complex copper(II) sulfate systems exist with quite complex stoichiometry |  | | Catalog/List | | other lots I will need to use a separate bid sheet. Do you want to receive an email, text message, or fax...cut bid). Any podium, fax, phone or mail bids that do not conform to a full or half increment will be rounded...museum-quality Tourmalines, including the 2nd largest Sapo Mine “shaving brush” and an exceptional Elbaite on Feldspar...Auction 2 53001 CALEDONITE Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA Named by the Romans...Wall, Caledonia in turn lent its name to the rare Copper mineral seen here. Originally identified in 1832 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | contamination [3–12]. Thus, base-metal slag deposits at the Penn Mine in California contained relatively...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...oxidation or reductive dissolution reactions in mine waste [25,26] and the release of metals. In addition |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mobility in leachate from lead-zinc metallurgical slag: experimental approach and long-term assessment...Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTO), Université d’Orléans, 8, rue Léonard de Vinci, 45072 Orléans...between smelter slag and water show differences depending on the origin of the slag. The studied samples...phases. An ‘oxidizing’ scenario can be proposed for slag waste disposal, considering that cerussite (PbCO3)...leached from the slag and in particular from the ore-processing slag. Quenched glass-rich slag from old car-battery |  | 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) | | of Lecanoracascade•sisMagn. correspondwell with copper mineralization. This green-rimmed lichen was found...lichen'sgreenperimeterincreaseunderthe influenceof copper mineralization; thus, 1,000 ppm and greater than...is due to its ability to absorb and concentrate copper. Biogeochemicaldata support this hypothesis,as...observednear many copper prospects. The lichen has sincebeenusedas a guide to copper mineralization. The...the surroundingvegetation. A lichenindicator of copper would, therefore, be expectedto contain an ano |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Slags sourced from a derelict zinc–lead–copper–silver–tungsten mine were examined for their bulk elemental...leachability of selected elements (sulphur, calcium, iron, copper, zinc, and lead) were assessed during a 130-day...oxic conditions. Slags were rich in silicon, iron, copper, zinc, and lead, hosted within minerals including...concentration throughout the 130-day experiment, with iron, copper, zinc, and lead attaining >5 mg l−1 in some samples...words: slag, derelict mines, leachability, mineralogy, elemental composition I. INTRODUCTION Slag is a |  | | 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 |  | 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 (issue) | | Telephone: Doncaster (0302) 710244 CapGaronne Secondary Copper & Lead W. R. van den Berg 11 For Your Bookshelf...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...round pouring forth some excellent articles, but we do need more articles now. for issue No. 3 and not just...section has been included, whats new, recent finds/mine closures/new mines etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | Oparin, V. N., Ainbinder, I. I., Rodionov, Yu. I., Patskevich, P. G., Tapsiev, A. P., Freidin, A. M., Badtiev, B. P., Glukhov, V. A. (2007) Concept of a mine of tomorrow for deep mining at gentle copper-and-nickel deposits. Journal of Mining Science, 43 (6) 646-654 doi:10.1007/s10913-007-0071-x | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINING TECHNOLOGY CONCEPT OF A MINE OF TOMORROW FOR DEEP MINING AT GENTLE COPPER-AND-NICKEL DEPOSITS V. N...of a mine of tomorrow is set forth as a system of scientific ideas, principles and priorities. Mine of...number of the strategic mineral kinds: nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum-group metals. These deposits...for compensating the retired capacity of Skalisty Mine in 2010 and later. The planned mining depth is from...the research is to evolve a concept of a “future mine” as a complex of innovative ideas, principles and |  | | Journal (volume) | | 20 and 1. January to December 1915. Accounts Mine, System Action of Dissolved Air of, in Mill Pulp...and Folation, Air and Temperature in the Deepest Mine in the World,. Air, Compressed, for Ore Flotation...Uplift, Complete Testing Laboratory, forperanza Mine, Compressed Air for Ore Flotation, Concentrates...Berenguela Tin District, Bolivia, Blast Furnace Slag, Lead, Zinc Oxide from, Boiler Water Feed, Purification...Smelting, Braden Copper Co., Chile, Mine of, Braden Copper Co., Concentrator of, Braden Copper Co., Early History |
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