Arsenic mineralogy of near-surface tailings and soils: Influences on arsenic mobility and bioaccessibility in the nova scotia gold mining districts

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 533-556

  Walker, Stephen R ^a   Parsons, Michael B ^b   Jamieson, Heather E ^a   Lanzirotti, Antonio ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous iron arsen ate; Arsenic rich tailings; Arsenopyrite; Bioaccessibility; Gold mining; Iron oxyhydroxides; Nova scotia; Pharmacosiderite; Scorodite; Secondary minerals; Yukonite

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS IRON ARSEN- ATE; ARSENOPYRITE; BIOACCESSIBILITY; GOLD MINING; IRON OXYHYDROXIDES; NOVA SCOTIA; PHARMACOSIDERITE; SCORODITE; SECONDARY MINERALS; YUKONITE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AGGLOMERATION; ARSENATE MINERALS; ARSENIC; CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEPOSITS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; GOLD MINES; HAFNIUM COMPOUNDS; HEALTH RISKS; MINERALOGY; MINES; MINING; ORES; SEDIMENTS; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MINERALS;

ARSENOPYRITE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GANGUE; GOLD MINE; GRAIN SIZE; HEALTH RISK; MINE WASTE; MINERAL DEPOSIT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING; SOIL TEXTURE; TAILINGS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 69949145089     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.47.3.533     Document Type: Article

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