Mineralogical and geochemical characterisation of open-air tailing and waste-rock dumps from the Libiola Fe-Cu sulphide mine (Eastern Liguria, Italy)

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1613-1626

  Marescotti, P ^a   Carbone, C ^a   De Capitani, L ^b   Grieco, G ^b   Lucchetti, G ^a   Servida, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

AMD; Libiola mine; Sulphides oxidation; Tailing dumps; Waste dumps

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; LIBIOLA MINE; SULPHIDES OXIDATION; TAILING DUMPS; WASTE ROCK DUMPS; WEATHERING AGENTS;

SULFUR DEPOSITS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDIFICATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; TAILINGS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIGURIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38749138533     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-0769-8     Document Type: Article

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