 | | 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...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...hexagonal “blades” to 8 mm associated with cuprite, copper, connellite, and iron oxides (Graeme 1981). Elsewhere |  | | 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) | | 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 |  | 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) | | Hall Mineral Collection N. Turner. 1 Rammelsberg Slag Minerals 1 W. van den Berg and C. van Loon. Diary...Devon Great Consols copper mine supporting the hanging wall of the lode. When copper production fell, the...mines are well known for fine specimens of lead, copper, and zinc minerals, most of which were produced...minerals included sphalerite, chalcopyrite and other copper sulphides. The discovery o f large and fine specimens...specimens o f an unreported secondary copper mineral in an area as well studied as Leadhills-Wanlockhead |  | | 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 |  | 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) | | 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...mining and metallurgical wastes in the mining district of Rio Tinto (Spain). These drastically disturbed...stockwork mineralization including zones of economic copper ore (186 million tons at 0.38 wt.% Cu according...wastes: (a) roasted pyrite pyrite piles; (b) slag(b) dumps; and (c) heap leaching photographs of extensive |  | | 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 |  | 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) | | OF A MINE OF TOMORROW FOR DEEP MINING AT GENTLE COPPER-AND-NICKEL DEPOSITS V. N. Oparin, I. I. Ainbinder*...number of the strategic mineral kinds: nickel, copper, cobalt and platinum-group metals. These deposits...Nickel” Company and its principal competitor, Inco copper-nickel ore mining company having the analogous...increases extraction output per a block, panel, district and a mine as a whole [1, 3, 4, 6]. TABLE 1. Comparison...production, million t Production, th t: nickel copper Manpower, employees 13.0 13.0 185.0 429.0 62000 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Samples include ones collected in a medieval mining district in SW-Germany and ones that underwent short-term...were hydrated by rain and soil water in the mine dumps producing basic lead phases. Chemical composition...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...Supergene weathering produced secondary lead and copper minerals like anglesite, cerussite, pyromorphite |  | 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) | | while As and Pb are partially stored in sulphates. Copper, on the other hand, has a different behaviour and...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 |  | | Book | | 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...produced prior to the departure of the Romans. Similar slag heaps are found elsewhere in the south-west of the...000,000 tons and 30,000,000 tons. 2 Ihus the dumps at Rio I into are not only the largest but they...the information available on these dumps in detail. Ancient slag heaps at Rio Tinto Much historical |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | LichenIndicatorof CopperMineralization, LightsCreek District,PlumasCounty,California STEVEJ. CZEHURA Abstract...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...Creek district,an anomalousgreenlichen (Lecanora cascadensis Magn.) was observednear many copper prospects |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 375–384 Published online 24 September 2015 Zn-Pb slag crystallization: evaluating temperature conditions...19th century. Thus, there is a great variety of slag textures and compositions reflecting changes in...calcination and precise dosages of coal/coke and add-ons. Slag samples were collected at three localities with...could be helpful in retrieving the temperature of slag crystallization. This study concentrates on the...compared with phase diagrams results. Zinc-lead slag dumps are a common feature of the landscape of Upper |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | groundwater contamination [3–12]. Thus, base-metal slag deposits at the Penn Mine in California contained...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...F: Main fractures. (b) Detail of smelting slags dumps in Sierra Almagrera (Almería, Spain). (c) Detail |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | this, the corresponding figures for aluminium, copper and zinc are 50 M ton, 16 M ton and 12 M ton, respectively...in 2050 as well as the corresponding amounts of slag produced. As the production increases, so does the...materials. The amount of chromium in slag dumps, the emission of SO2 from copper production and the accumulation |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | August 2017) Slags sourced from a derelict zinc–lead–copper–silver–tungsten mine were examined for their bulk...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) | | Chalcolithic (Copper) Age, for example, took its name from the exploitation of copper ores and the production...production of copper-based tools, and the “Golden Age” of Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries was built...rock, loose sediment, mill tailings, metallurgical slag and wastes, roasted ore, flue dust, ash, processing...largest in the world. The mine is surrounded by waste dumps and tailings ponds, the latter of which also contain...Western Australia, with its attendant grey waste dumps and grey-white tailings ponds. The town of Kalgoorlie |  | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | cm wide 400 Foot Level, Kelly Mine, Magdalena District Socorro County, New Mexico Steve Neely collection...1892), and zink-siderit (Strunz, 1970). There are "copper-rich" varieties named herreite (Dana, 1892) and...magnesium and iron. Less commonly, calcium, lead, copper, and cobalt are also seen. There is evidence of...Jesse La Plante photo Lower left: Smithsonite and copper Tsumeb, Namibia 4 cm wide Bill and Diana Dameron...blue-green reniform masses from the Magdalena (Kelly) District in Socorro County, New Mexico (D). Specimens from |  | 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...GOK,5—Allarechensk 5—AllarechenskCopper-Nickel Copper-NickelMining MiningWaste WasteDump, Dump, Plant...of 17 2.1. Allarechensk Copper-Nickel Mining Waste Dump Allarechensk Copper-Nickel Mining Waste Dump...Pechenga District, Murmansk Region. It holds the mining wastes of the Allarechensk sulfide copper-nickel |  | 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...second rift basin development (765–635 Ma) [57–59]. Copper and cobalt mineralization is bound to the lower |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mobility in leachate from lead-zinc metallurgical slag: experimental approach and long-term assessment...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...of Pb, especially in acidic environments. Neither slag would therefore be suitable for recycling for civil |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | closure in May 2004, extensive mine tailings, slag dumps and waste heaps remain. Lichens were transplanted...in the Russian Urals during operation of a major copper smelter (Williamson et al., 2004). Particle chemical |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | closure in May 2004, extensive mine tailings, slag dumps and waste heaps remain. Lichens were transplanted...in the Russian Urals during operation of a major copper smelter (Williamson et al., 2004). Particle chemical |
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Slag dumps, Walchen, Öblarn, Liezen District, Styria, Austria