200 years of mining activities at La Paz/San Luis Potosí/Mexico - Consequences for environment and geochemical exploration

The Ag---Pb---Zn---Cu---Au mining district of Santa María de La Paz has been extensively exploited for approximately 200 years. Consequences of these activities are several deposits of tailings with high As and heavy metal concentrations, which are completely unstable. The climate is semiarid and as the dumps have no protective cover, material from the dumps is dispersed by strong winds. It is also washed out during seasonally heavy rainfalls. By these processes approximately 100 km² of surrounding have been contaminated by dump material. The As and heavy metal content of the soils was determined as well as their level in crops (Zea Maize) from agricultural lands in the vicinity of the dumps. In the direction of prevailing winds concentrations up to 1000 ppm Zn, 400 ppm Pb, 16 ppm Cd, 550 ppm Cu and 300 As have been detected in top soils. Using fuzzy cluster analysis the different contamination sources could be identified. Grains of corn from contaminated sites showed no critical concentrations, but leaves which are also used tor fodder, have As-concentrations up to 20 ppm.     

我国黄铁矿矿床类型、分布规律及前景评估

中国黄铁矿资源丰富，按元素和矿物组合的不同，其矿床类型可分为：黄铁矿矿床；黄铁矿型铜矿床；含锌、铜黄铁矿型矿床；黄铁矿型多金属矿床；含钨黄铁矿型铜矿床；含锡黄铁矿型矿床；含金黄铁矿型矿床。最主要的成因类型是海底喷气沉积矿床，它广泛分布于不同时期的造山带及早前寒武纪克拉通。黄铁矿形成的构造环境可分为５种，即：边缘浅海或优地槽环境；上叠的断裂坳陷带；洋中脊；岛弧地带；陆相火山盆地。     

内蒙古乌拉山金矿黄铁矿的标型特征

系统研究了乌拉山金矿黄铁矿的产状，晶体宏观形态，晶面微形貌，化学成分，热电性方面的标型特征，提出了一系列的重要找矿标志，为矿床的成因研究和深部远景评价提供了矿物学依据。     

煤中黄铁矿的成因研究

本文在系统地研究四川晚二叠世高硫煤中黄铁矿矿物学的基础上，运用微区电子探针、中子活化、Ｘ光电子能谱和硫同位素等多 种方法综合地研究煤中黄铁矿的结构、成分、价态及同位素等成因标型特征，对黄铁矿标型特征进行了成因探讨，有效地判别了成岩期形成的Ｉ型脉状黄铁矿及后生热液Ⅱ型脉状黄铁矿。同时提出直接沉淀系列（自形晶→集合→聚晶）和复杂成因（微粒、莓粒→圆球→结核→团块）等两大类成因演化模式。它不仅对不同类型     

柿竹园钨锡钼铋矿床合理的勘探方法及储量比例探讨

本文剖析了柿竹园钨锡钼铋矿床地勘阶段地质观察粗浅，勘探投入超前，探明储量积压、Ｂ＋Ｃ级储量比例偏大等不合理的勘查工作及其原因。在此基础上，探讨矿区合理的勘探程度，储量比例及由此带来的经济效益。     

黄铁矿型结构的晶体化学

本文根据特征离子坐标变化的特点，对黄铁矿型结构微变规律性进行了讨论，作了一些规律图，总结出：成分的变化控制着ｕ值的变化，ｕ值的变化影响着晶体结构微变化。ｕ值发生变化，ＭＸ６反三方柱的顶面和底面中３轴相向或相背移动，ｕ值增加愈接近正八面体，ｕ值发生变化，Ｘ（Ｍ３Ｘ）三方锥底面的方位不变，但锥顶（Ｘ７）和锥体内的（Ｘ１）的坐标要变化，它们会沿着锥的中轴线相向或相背移动，形成扁平型的三方锥，最后得出：当     

Estimation of in situ viscoelastic parameters of weak floor strata by plate-loading tests

Summary This paper explores an approach to estimation of the viscoelastic parameters of weak floor strata using plate-loading tests. Mathematical equations are derived to describe deformation-time history for the standard Burgers model under three-dimensional stress-strain conditions, which are verified with a finite element model. A number of time-dependent in-mine plate-loading tests were conducted and the values of the viscoelastic parameters were estimated based on the derived equation. It is shown that large discrepancies between the parameter values estimated from the plate-loading tests and those acquired from the in-mine convergence data are the results of neglecting adjacent pillar interaction. Finite element modelling was conducted to investigate the effects of adjacent pillar interactions upon the pillar settlement. Based on the finite element analyses, a correction curve was developed to adjust the viscoelastic parameter values to take into account the interaction between adjacent pillars. With the correction, the parameter values estimated from the plate-loading tests compared favourably with those acquired from the in-mine convergence results.     

Feasibility and cost of creating an iron-phosphate coating on pyrrhotite to prevent oxidation

 Acid mine drainage (AMD) occurs when sulfide minerals are exposed to an oxidizing environment. Most of the methods for preventing AMD are either short-term or high cost solutions. Coating with iron phosphate is a new technology for the abatement of AMD. It involves treating the sulfide with a coating solution composed of H₂O₂, KH₂PO₄, and sodium acetate as a buffer agent. The H₂O₂ oxidizes the sulfide surface and produces Fe³⁺ so that iron phosphate precipitates as a coating on the sulfide surface. Experiments performed under laboratory conditions prove that an iron phosphate coating can be established on pyrrhotite surfaces with optimal concentrations of the coating solution in the range of: 0.2M/0.01M H₂O₂, 0.2M KH₂PO₄, and 0.2M sodium acetate NaAc, depending on the experimental scale. Iron phosphate coating may be a long-term solution to the problem of AMD. The method would be easy to implement; the reagent cost, however, is not low enough, although it is lower than the conventional treatment with lime. Received: 30 March 1995 · Accepted: 6 September 1995     

Field assessment of acid mine drainage contamination in surface and ground water

Both sulfate and conductivity are useful indicators of acid mine drainage (AMD) contamination. Unlike pH, they are both extremely sensitive to AMD even where large dilutions have occurred. The advantage of using sulfate to trace AMD is that unlike other ions it is not removed to any great extent by sorption or precipitation processes, being unaffected by fluctuations in pH. These two parameters are also closely associated as would be expected, as conductivity is especially sensitive to sulfate ions. Therefore, as sulfate analysis is difficult in the field, conductivity can be used to predict sulfate concentration in both AMD and contaminated surface waters using regression analysis. Most accurate predictions are achieved by using equations given for specific conductivity ranges or AMD sources. There is also potential to use conductivity to predict approximate concentrations of key metals when the pH of the water is within their respective solubility ranges.