Evaluation of lead movement from the abiotic to biotic at a small-arms firing range

An investigation to characterize the extent and speciation of lead contamination in water, soil, and surrounding biota was conducted at a small-arms firing and skeet range in West Point, New York. Specifically, lead concentrations were examined in sediment, soil, water, plants, fish and invertebrates. There is an elevated concentration of lead in the soil and sediment up to 11,000 g/g and 340 g/g and also evidence of bioconcentration of the lead by the surrounding biota. Earthworms had up to 90% higher concentrations of lead while tadpoles showed 20% higher concentrations compared with their controls. Lead uptake by indigenous plants gave varying results. Two species bioconcentrated lead 20 and 55 times greater than the control plants. These differences were significant (P <0.05 level) when tested by the students t test. Further studies show that the total leachable lead was highest in the invertebrates and vertebrates but not in the plants.     

Stable lead isotopes reveal a natural source of high lead concentrations to gasoline-contaminated groundwater

Concentrations of total lead as high as 1,600 g/L were detected in gasoline-contaminated and uncontaminated groundwater at three gasoline-release sites in South Carolina. Total lead concentrations were highest in turbid groundwater samples from gasoline-contaminated and uncontaminated wells, whereas lower turbidity groundwater samples (collected using low-flow methods) had lower total lead concentrations. Dissolved lead concentrations in all wells sampled, however, were less than 15 g total lead/L, the current United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) maximum contaminant level (MCL). Because many total lead concentrations exceeded the MCL, the source of lead to the groundwater system at two of the three sites was investigated using a stable lead isotope ratio approach. Plots of the stable isotope ratios of lead (Pb) in groundwater as ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb versus ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁶Pb, and ²⁰⁸Pb/²⁰⁴Pb versus ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁴Pb were similar to ratios characteristic of lead-based minerals in local rocks of the southeastern US, and were not similar to the stable lead isotopes ratios characteristic of distant lead ore deposits such as Broken Hill, Australia, used to produce tetraethyl lead in gasoline products prior to its phase-out and ban in the United States. Moreover, the isotopic composition of dissolved lead was equivalent to the isotopic composition of total lead in turbid samples collected from the same well, suggesting that the majority of the lead detected in the groundwater samples was associated with sediment particulates of indigenous aquifer material, rather than lead associated with spilled leaded gasoline. The results of this investigation indicate that (1) lead detected at some gasoline-release sites may be derived from the local aquifer material, rather than the gasoline release, and consequently may affect site-specific remediation goals; (2) non-low flow groundwater sampling methods, such as a disposable bailer, may result in turbid groundwater samples and high total lead concentrations, and; (3) stable lead isotopes can be used to clarify the source of lead detected above permissible levels in gasoline-contaminated groundwater systems.     

广西老厂式铅锌矿床成因研究

老厂式铅锌矿是产于泥盆系和寒武系不整合界面之间的脉状中温热液铅锌矿床，受断裂构造控制。成矿物质来源于深部岩浆和基底地层，成矿流体以岩浆水为主，混有部分雨水的混合水。矿床成因属沉积-岩浆热液改造富集矿床。     

广东大宝山南部铅-锌多金属矿床地质特征及找矿方向

大宝山南部铅-锌矿床赋存于大宝山向斜内的中泥盆统东岗岭组下亚组碳酸盐岩地层中,矿床的形成与地层、构造、岩浆活动有关,通过对该矿床成矿特征及控矿因素的分析,对比矿区外围凉桥—新江、官坪—大镇两个有利成矿远景区的成矿地质条件,研究认为,这两个远景区的成矿地质条件与大宝山南部铅-锌金属矿床基本类似,在矿区外围多个矿化集中区中,最具找矿潜力。     

辽宁省铅锌矿床成矿作用研究

辽宁省铅锌矿床,根据其形成背景及物质来源可划分出岩浆热液型、矽卡岩型、陆相次火山热液型、变质海相火山热液型、变质同生沉积型、同生沉积－变质热液再造型、沉积－变质－岩浆热液叠加改造型、盆地热卤水型等８种类型。矿床特征显示出铅锌矿床的形成大多明显地受到了太古代绿岩带及早元古代以来碳酸盐岩地层的控制;在成因上多与优地槽环境下的海底火山活动、地壳深部的热环流作用及活化地台上的岩浆活动有关。铅锌矿床的成矿作用受到了太古代—早元古代地槽形成到回返、中元古代初期地台形成到坳拉谷产生及中生代地台活化三个大地构造发展阶段的影响,同时早古生代中期吉黑地槽系的强烈活动也对地台北缘凡河凹陷内的铅锌矿床的形成起到了明显的控制作用。矿床成因模式受不同大地构造发展阶段的影响而具有明显的演化规律,由太古代末期的变质海相火山热液矿床,早元古代变质同生沉积矿床、变质热液再造矿床,到早古生代中期的盆地热卤水型矿床,最终演化成中生代的岩浆成因型（热液型、矽卡岩型、陆相次火山热液型）矿床及叠生矿床。     

Lead removal from wastewater using faujasite tuff

The Jordanian chabazite-phillipsite tuff and faujasite-phillipsite tuff have suitable mineralogical and technical properties that enable them to be used for ion-exchange processes. These include suitable grain size and total cation exchange capacity, acceptable zeolite content, good attrition resistance and high packed-bed density. The chabazite-phillipsite tuff (ZE1 and ZE2) has an excellent efficiency to remove Pb and an acceptable efficiency to remove Fe, Cu, Zn and Ni from effluent wastewater of a battery factory and other industries. The faujasite-phillipsite tuff (ZE3) is 6.97 times more efficient than the ZE1 and ZE2. A bed of ZE3 (1,000 kg) loaded in a 1.17-m³ column is capable of cleaning about 2,456 m³ of the effluent from the factory at a cost of US $200/ton. The wastewater is contaminated with 20 ppm Pb in the presence of competing ions including Ca (210 ppm), Na (1,950 ppm) and Fe (169 ppm). This quantity of wastewater is equivalent to 120 working days of effluent discharge from the factory at a flow rate of 20 m³/day.     

Clausthalite in coal

A lead selenide mineral, tentatively identified as clausthalite (PbSe) based on optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray (EDAX), electron microprobe, and scanning proton microprobe (SPM), has been described in a number of coals. While clausthalite has been mentioned as a possible source of Se in coal, it is present in such small quantities and sizes, that the mineral identification has not been absolutely confirmed. The mineral specimens examined in this study would contribute, not only to the Pb and Se concentrations in the coal, but also, in at least one case, to Hg concentrations.     

大功率激电在铅锌矿勘查中的应用--以辽宁省岫岩县王家堡子铅锌多金属矿为例

辽宁省岫岩县王家堡子铅锌多金属矿位于青城子-许屯铅锌矿带上,通过大功率激电测量查明工作区激电异常特征,综合地质、化探信息,笔者认为矿区侵入岩区带状极化率异常是铅锌矿的找矿标志,沉积岩中石墨矿化引起区域性高极化,根据激电剖面异常特征有利于区分矿与非矿。     

胶南市七宝山铅矿电法测量适宜性探讨

胶南七宝山铅矿位于胶南造山带北缘,是在该造山带上首次发现的铅工业矿床。矿体呈脉状赋存于构造裂隙中,为含银铅萤石石英脉,伴生萤石、银,部分地段伴生铜。大功率激电测深和可控源音频大地电磁测深在该区试验有一定效果,对寻找地下盲矿体、推断矿体倾向延深有一定帮助,有效地指导了钻探工程的部署,在相应的异常部位找到了深部矿体,电法勘探显示了一定的找矿效果。     

Geochemistry of lead contaminated wetland soils amended with phosphorus

To remediate Pb contaminated soils it is proposed that phosphorus can be amended to the soils to transform the Pb into poorly soluble Pb-phosphate mineral phases. However, remediation strategies must account for variable Pb speciation and site-specific factors. In this study soil mineralogy and Pb speciation in soils from P-amended field trials at sites within the Coeur d’Alene River Basin in Idaho, USA were investigated. The soils are contaminated from mining activities and are enriched with Fe and Mn. Selective extraction of the soils indicated that the Fe oxides are poorly crystalline. XRD of the soil clay size fractions identified quartz, muscovite, kaolinite, siderite, lepidocrocite, and chlorite minerals. Amendment with P fertilizer dissolved the siderite. No Pb–phosphate minerals were detected by XRD. Electron microprobe analysis showed direct correlations between Pb, Fe, and Mn in the unamended soils, and negative correlations between Pb and Si. Lead and Mn were strongly correlated. In the amended soils Fe and P were strongly correlated. Results indicate that the Pb is associated with poorly crystalline Fe and Mn oxides, and that added P is primarily associated with Fe oxide phases. Comparisons of pore water Pb concentrations with chloropyromorphite and plumbogummite solubility suggest that in the phosphate-amended soils the pore waters are undersaturated in these phases, whereas several of the control soil pore waters were oversaturated, indicating the added phosphate suppressed the Pb solubility. Results from this research provide insight into the geochemistry occurring in the P-remediated soils that will help in making management and remediation decisions.