Leachate chemistry and precipitates mineralogy of Rudolfsgruvan mine waste rock dump in central Sweden

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 163-171

  Lin, Zhixun ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Banded formation; Cu , Fe , Zn oxides; Goethite; Jarosite; Metal retention; Sulphide oxidation; Variability in porewater chemistry; Waste rock dump

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COPPER; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; ZINC;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; LEACHING; MINING; OXIDATION; ROCK; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWEDEN; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINES; OXIDATION; PETROGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC ADSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BANDED FORMATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; GEOTHITE; JAROSITE; LEACHATE CHEMISTRY; OPTICAL PETROGRAPHY; POREWATER CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATES MINERALOGY; WASTE ROCK DUMP;

INDUSTRIAL WASTES;

LEACHATE; LEACHATE CHEMISTRY; MINE WASTE; OXIDATION; POREWATER CHEMISTRY; ROCK DUMP; SULPHIDE; WASTE ROCK DUMP;

SWEDEN, RUDOLFSGRUVAN MINE;

EID: 0030432864     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0273-1223(96)00304-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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