Comparison of measured and mineralogically predicted values of the Sobek neutralization potential for intrusive rocks

7th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage 2006, ICARD - Also Serves as the 23rd Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 820-832

  Jambor, John L ^a,b   Dutrizac, John E ^c   Raudsepp, Mati ^b  

^a Leslie Research and Consulting   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Natural Resources Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid drainage; Acidification period; Calculated NP; Particle size; Plagioclase composition; Quantitative mineralogy; Rietveld method; Static tests

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RIETVELD ANALYSIS; RIETVELD METHOD; RIETVELD REFINEMENT; SERPENTINE; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ACID DIGESTION; ACID DRAINAGE; INTRUSIVE ROCKS; QUANTITATIVE MINERALOGIES; STATIC TESTS; TEST PROTOCOLS; TOTAL CARBON; X-RAY POWDER;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

EID: 34248350235     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.21000/jasmr06020820     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (20)

1. Adam, K., A. Kourtis, B. Gazea, and A. Kontopoulos. 1997. Evaluation of static tests used to predict the potential for acid drainage generation at sulphide mine sites. Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 106, A1-A8.
2. Bruker AXS. 2004. Topas Version 3.0: General Profile and Structure Analysis Software for Powder Diffraction Data. Bruker AXS, Germany.
3. Frostad, S.R., W.A. Price, and H. Bent. 2003. Operational NP determination - accounting for iron manganese carbonates and developing a site-specific fizz rating. In: G. Spears, P. Beckett, H. Conroy (eds.). Mining and the environment, Sudbury 2003. CD ROM, paper 50.
4. Jambor, J.L. and J.E. Dutrizac. 2002. The effect of particle size on the neutralization potential in static-test predictions of acid drainage. Vol. 2, p. 651-663. In: B. Björkman, C. Samuelsson, J.-O. Wikström (eds.). Recycling and waste treatment in mineral and metal processing: Technical and economic aspects. The Minerals, Metals, Materials Society, Warrendale, Pennsylvania.
5. Jambor, J.L., J.E. Dutrizac, and T.T. Chen. 2000. Contribution of specific minerals to the neutralization potential in static tests. Vol. 1, p. 551-565. In: Proc. Fifth Internatl. Conf. Acid Rock Drainage. Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Littleton, Colorado.
6. Jambor, J.L., J.E. Dutrizac, L.A. Groat, and M. Raudsepp. 2002. Static Tests of neutralization potentials of silicate and aluminosilicate minerals. Environmental Geology, 43, 1-17.
7. Jambor, J.L., J.E. Dutrizac, M. Raudsepp, and L.A. Groat. 2003. Effect of peroxide on neutralization-potential values of siderite and other carbonate minerals. Journal of Environmental Quality, 32, 2373-2378.
8. Jambor, J.L., J.E. Dutrizac, and P.A. Riveros. 2004. Prediction of acid mine drainage: effect of the time gap between sample crushing and the static test. Vol. 3, p. 2441-2453. In: I. Gaballah, B. Mishra, R. Solozabal, M. Tanaka (eds.). REWAS '04, global symposium on recycling, waste treatment and clean technology. The Metals and Materials Society, Warrendale, Pennsylvania.
9. Lapakko, K.A. 1994. Evaluation of neutralization potential determinations for metal mine waste and a proposed alternative. Vol. 1, p. 129-137. In: International land reclamation and mine drainage conference and third international conference on the abatement of acidic drainage. (Pittsburgh PA, April 24-29, 1994).
10. Lapakko, K.A. 1996. Characterization and static testing of ten gold mine tailings. p. 370-384. In: American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation meeting (Duluth, Minnesota, June 14-18, 1992).
11. Lawrence, R.W. and Y. Wang. 1997. Determination of neutralization potential in the prediction of acid rock drainage. Vol. 1, p. 451-464. In: Proc. Fourth Internatl. Conf. Acid Rock Drainage. MEND, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa.
12. Morin, K.A. and N.M. Hutt. 1997. Environmental geochemistry of minesite drainage: Practical theory and case studies. MDAG Publishing, Vancouver, B.C.
13. Price, W.A. 1997. Guidelines and recommended methods for the prediction of metal leaching and acid rock drainage at minesites in British Columbia. Draft. British Columbia Ministry of Employment and Investment. Victoria, B.C.
14. Raudsepp, M. and E. Pani. 2003. Application of Rietveld analysis to environmental mineralogy. In: J.L. Jambor, D.W. Blowes, A.I.M. Ritchie (eds.). Environmental aspects of mine wastes. Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Course Volume 3, 165-180. Mineralogical Association of Canada, Nepean, Ontario.
15. 4) from anorthositic rocks of the Laramie anorthosite complex, Wyoming: Petrologic consequences and U-Pb ages. American Mineralogist, 80, 1317-1327.
16. Skousen, J., J. Renton, H. Brown, P. Evans, B. Leavitt, K. Brady, L. Cohen, and P. Ziemkiewicz. 1997. Neutralization potential of overburden samples containing siderite. Journal of Environmental Quality, 26, 673-681.
17. Sobek, A.A., W.A. Schuller, J.R. Freeman, and R.M. Smith. 1978. Field and laboratory methods applicable to overburdens and minesoils. EPA-600/2-78-054. National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield VA.
18. Stillings, L.L. and S.L. Brantley. 1995. Feldspar dissolution at 25°C and pH 3: Reaction stoichiometry and the effect of cations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 59, 1483-1496.
19. White, A.F., M.S. Schulz, J.B. Lowenstern, D.V. Vivit, and T.D. Bullen. 2005. The ubiquitous nature of accessory calcite in granitoid rocks: Implications for weathering, solute evolution, and petrogenesis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69, 1455-1471.
20. White, W.W. III, K.A. Lapakko, and R.L. Cox. 1999. Static-test methods most commonly used to predict acid-mine drainage: Practical guidelines for use and interpretation. In: G.S. Plumlee and M.J. Logsdon (eds.). The environmental geochemistry of mineral deposits. Part A: Processes, techniques, and health issues. Reviews in Economic Geology, 6A, 325-338.