Environmental mineralogy and geochemistry of waste dumps at the Pb(Zn)-Ag Bottino mine, Apuane Alps, Italy

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 441-453

  Benvenuti, Marco ^a   Mascaro, Isabella ^a   Corsini, Fernando ^a   Ferrari, Massimo ^a   Lattanzi, Pierfranco ^b   Parrini, Pierluigi ^a   Costagliola, Pilario ^a   Tanelli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bottino mine; Environmental mineralogy; Pb(Ag) Zn; Supergene processes; Waste dumps

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; KAOLINITE; MAGNESITE; MICA; PYRITES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TOPOGRAPHY; ZINC SULFIDE;

ACID GENERATION; COARSE GRAIN SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRIES; PARTIAL DISSOLUTION; STEEP TOPOGRAPHY; SUPERGENE ALTERATIONS; SUPERGENE PROCESS; WASTE DUMPS;

CLAY ALTERATION;

LEAD; MINE WASTE; MINERALOGY; SILVER; SUPERGENE PROCESS; ZINC;

ALPS; BOTTINO MINE; ITALY;

EID: 0034055022     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2000/0012-0441     Document Type: Article

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