A mineralogical and geochemical study of element mobility in sulfide mine tailings of Fe oxide Cu - Au deposits from the Punta del Cobre belt, northern Chile

Chemical Geology

Volumn 189, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 135-163

  Dold, Bernhard ^a   Fontboté, Lluis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage (AMD); Carbonates; Cementation zone; Enrichment; Fe oxide Cu Au deposits; Ferrihydrite; Schwertmannite; Sequential extractions; Tailings

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT MOBILITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINE WASTE; MINERALOGY; SULFIDE; TAILINGS;

CHILE;

EID: 0037201019     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00044-X     Document Type: Article

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