Characterization of waste rock associated with acid drainage at the Penn Mine, California, by ground-based visible to short-wave infrared reflectance spectroscopy assisted by digital mapping

Chemical Geology

Volumn 215, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 453-472

  Montero S , Irene C ^a   Brimhall, George H ^a   Alpers, Charles N ^b   Swayze, Gregg A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Copiapite; Fe sulfates; Goethite; Hematite; Jarosite; Reflectance spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINE WASTE; MINERALOGY; REMEDIATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PENN MINE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14544286401     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.045     Document Type: Article

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