Mineralogical and geochemical study of element mobility at the sulfide-rich Excelsior waste rock dump from the polymetallic Zn-Pb-(Ag-Bi-Cu) deposit, Cerro de Pasco, Peru

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 97-110

  Smuda, Jochen ^a,c   Dold, Bernhard ^a   Friese, Kurt ^b   Morgenstern, Peter ^b   Glaesser, Walter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Climate; Efflorescent salts; Heavy metal sulfates; Leach test; Waste rock dump

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; EFFLORESCENT SALTS; HEAVY METAL-SULFATES; LEACH TEST; WASTE ROCK DUMP;

LEACHING; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); ROCKS; SOLUBILITY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

COPPER; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MINERALOGY; ORE MINERAL; SULFIDE; ZINC;

CERRO DE PASCO; PASCO; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33845916516     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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