Heavy metal retention in secondary precipitates from a mine rock dump and underlying soil, Dalarna, Sweden

This study investigates the retention of heavy metals in secondary precipitates from a sulfidic mine rock dump and underlying podzolic soils by means of mineralogical and chemical extraction methods. The rock dump, which is at least 50 years old, consists of a 5–10-cm-thick leached zone and an underlying 110–115-cm-thick accumulation zone. Optical microscopy and electron microprobe analyses confirm that pyrrhotite weathering has proceeded much further in the leached horizon relative to the accumulation horizon. The weathering of sulfides in the leached zone has resulted in the migration of most heavy metals to the accumulation zone or underlying soils, where they are retained in more stable phases such as secondary ferric minerals, including goethite and jarosite. Some metals are temporarily retained in hydrated ferrous sulfates (e.g., melanterite, rozenite). Received: 28 October 1996 · Accepted: 24 February 1997     

贵州高硫酸盐地区寻找安全饮用水方法的探讨

贵州镇宁地区地下水中硫酸盐超标是典型的环境地质问题之一,而该区地下水中硫酸盐超标主要来自于三叠系中统关岭组(T2g)含水岩组。采集水样分析发现该含水岩组中地下水的硫酸盐含量达到了275.42~1 100 mg?L-1,为Ⅳ-Ⅴ类水。运用地下水中硫同位素追踪,其硫酸盐主要来源于石膏溶解,并通过实施“探采结合井”（ZK3）,初步查明 “膏岩层”分布于三叠系中统关岭组一段下亚段(T2g1a)的中下部,厚度在1～1.5 m。而分层抽水试验显示:T2g含水岩组试段水质为Ⅴ类,降深在11.50 m时涌水量为256.61 m3?d-1;当揭穿T2g膏岩层含水层并进行封隔止水后,钻孔自流量为330.05 m3?d-1,降深在10.80 m时钻孔涌水量达628.84 m3?d-1,水质属Ⅲ类水。因此,在类似因水质超标而引起的功能性缺水地区,可越过膏岩层而获取深层安全的可饮用的地下水。      

我国首次发现的杂铅矿

杂铅矿（Izoklakeite）^[1]是一个Ag-Cu—Pb—Sb—Bi硫盐矿物。1984年发现于我国广西芒场锡—多金属矿床块状锡石—石英—硫化物矿石中。与毒砂、黄铜矿、黝铝矿、方铅矿（少）、浓红银矿和自然铋,有时也与自然锑等密切共生。文中给出了杂铅矿的若干特征参数。     

Massive barite deposits and carbonate mineralization in the Derugin Basin, Sea of Okhotsk: precipitation processes at cold seep sites

An area of massive barite precipitations was studied at a tectonic horst in 1500 m water depth in the Derugin Basin, Sea of Okhotsk. Seafloor observations and dredge samples showed irregular, block- to column-shaped barite build-ups up to 10 m high which were scattered over the seafloor along an observation track 3.5 km long. High methane concentrations in the water column show that methane expulsion and probably carbonate precipitation is a recently active process. Small fields of chemoautotrophic clams (Calyptogena sp., Acharax sp.) at the seafloor provide additional evidence for active fluid venting. The white to yellow barites show a very porous and often layered internal fabric, and are typically covered by dark-brown Mn-rich sediment; electron microprobe spectroscopy measurements of barite sub-samples show a Ba substitution of up to 10.5 mol% of Sr. Rare idiomorphic pyrite crystals (∼1%) in the barite fabric imply the presence of H₂S. This was confirmed by clusters of living chemoautotrophic tube worms (1 mm in diameter) found in pores and channels within the barite. Microscopic examination showed that micritic aragonite and Mg-calcite aggregates or crusts are common authigenic precipitations within the barite fabric. Equivalent micritic carbonates and barite carbonate cemented worm tubes were recovered from sediment cores taken in the vicinity of the barite build-up area. Negative δ¹³C values of these carbonates (>−43.5‰ PDB) indicate methane as major carbon source; δ¹⁸O values between 4.04 and 5.88‰ PDB correspond to formation temperatures, which are certainly below 5°C. One core also contained shells of Calyptogena sp. at different core depths with ¹⁴C-ages ranging from 20?680 to >49?080 yr. Pore water analyses revealed that fluids also contain high amounts of Ba; they also show decreasing SO₄^2- concentrations and a parallel increase of H₂S with depth. Additionally, S and O isotope data of barite sulfate (δ³⁴S: 21.0-38.6‰ CDT; δ¹⁸O: 9.0-17.6‰ SMOW) strongly point to biological sulfate reduction processes. The isotope ranges of both S and O can be exclusively explained as the result of a mixture of residual sulfate after a biological sulfate reduction and isotopic fractionation with ‘normal’ seawater sulfate. While massive barite deposits are commonly assumed to be of hydrothermal origin, the assemblage of cheomautotrophic clams, methane-derived carbonates, and non-thermally equilibrated barite sulfate strongly implies that these barites have formed at ambient bottom water temperatures and form the features of a Giant Cold Seep setting that has been active for at least 49?000 yr.     

Natural alteration products of sulphide mattes from primary lead smelting

The natural alteration products developed on mattes from lead metallurgy were determined: oxides and hydroxides (HFO, Cu(OH)₂), sulphates (thenardite, gypsum), hydroxysulphates (jarosite, beaverite, brochantite) and carbonates (cerussite, malachite, NaOH·2 PbCO₃). The large range of stability of newly formed phases confirms a significant variety of E_h–pH conditions of natural weathering of matte. Jarosite is stable at pH<3, but some hydroxides and carbonates typically form in neutral and alkaline environments. Consequently, the best dumping conditions for metallurgical mattes are difficult to determine. Such materials can have severe environmental effects and should be dumped in controlled waste-disposal sites. To cite this article: V. Ettler et al., C. R. Geoscience 335 (2003).     

硫酸盐的氧同位素测量方法

硫酸盐不仅是常见矿物,还是自然界少数几个具有氧同位素非质量分馏效应的矿物之一。硫酸盐矿物的氧同位素组成,特别是硫酸盐的氧同位素非质量分馏效应,可以为研究其形成过程和条件提供大碹有用信息,揭示一些元素浓度甚至单个同位素比值测量无法获得的特殊作用过程。但由于硫酸盐的氧同位素分析技术难度大,这一方法在国内尚未建立起来。论文介绍了BrF5法测量硫酸盐氧同位素组成的实验装置、分析流程和测量结果。该方法是目前唯一可以同时测量硫酸盐^17O／^16O和^18O／^16O比值的方法。对BaSO4国际氧同位素标准样品NBS-127和一种BaSO4化学试剂进行了多次重复测量。测量的NBS-127国际标样的δ^18Ov-SMOW=（9．20±0．11）‰,与标准值完全一致;BaSO4化学试剂的δ^18Ov-SMOW=（14．64±0．13）‰。分析精度（标准偏差）达到0．13％。（1σ）,优于国外（0．15～0．29）‰（1σ）的水平     

Inhibition of sulphate reduction in anoxic marine sediment by Group VI anions

The addition of various concentrations (1, 10 and 20 mM) of Group VI anions to sediment slurry resulted in inhibition of the rate of sulphate reduction at the two higher concentrations, the degree of inhibition being in the order of molyb-date $\text{(MoO}{}_4{}^{\mathrm{=}}\text{)>selenate(SeO}{}_4{}^{\mathrm{=}}\text{)>tungstate(WO}{}_4{}^{\mathrm{=}}\text{)}$. The addition of 20 mM concentrations of these inhibitors almost entirely eliminated sulphate reduction. Doubling the sulphate concentration while using the highest concentration of inhibitors (20 mM) led to the re-establishment of some sulphate reduction in the $\text{SeO}{}_4{}^{\mathrm{=}}$ and $\text{WO}{}_4{}^{\mathrm{=}}$ treated slurries whereas no such reversal was noticed with $\text{MoO}{}_4{}^{\mathrm{=}}$. These observations suggested that $\text{SeO}{}_4{}^{\mathrm{=}}$ and $\text{WO}{}_4{}^{\mathrm{=}}$ are competitive inhibitors of sulphate reduction, while $\text{MoO}{}_4{}^{\mathrm{=}}$ is a non-competitive inhibitor.