Geochemistry of ochreous precipitates from coal mine drainage in India

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 723-731

  Equeenuddin, Sk Md ^a   Tripathy, S ^b   Sahoo, P K ^b   Panigrahi, M K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Coal mine drainage; India; Metals; Ochreous; pH

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; AMMONIUM OXALATE; COAL FIELDS; COAL MINE DRAINAGE; FERRIHYDRITES; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FTIR; HIGH ORGANIC; INDIA; JAROSITES; MOLAR RATIO; PHASE TRANSFORMATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SCHWERTMANNITE; STABLE FORM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETRY;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DRAINAGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METAL RECOVERY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; ORGANIC CARBON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY MICROSCOPES;

COAL MINES;

COAL MINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FERRIHYDRITE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON HYDROXIDE; IRON OXIDE; JAROSITE; METAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINE DRAINAGE; ORGANIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SCHWERTMANNITE; SULFUR; TRANSFORMATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ASSAM; INDIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77955088666     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0386-9     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Acero P, Ayora C, Torrento C, Nieto J (2006) The behavior of trace elements during schwertmannite precipitation and subsequent transformation into goethite and jarosite. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 70: 4130-4139.
2. Alpers CN, Blowes DW, Nordstrom DK, Jambor JL (1994) Secondary minerals and acid mine-water chemistry. In: Jambor JL, Blowes DW (eds) The environmental geochemistry of sulfide mine-wastes. Mineral Asso Canada Short Course 22: 247-270.
3. Balci NC (2009) Effect of bacterial activity on trace metals release from oxidation of sphalerite at low pH (<3) and implications for AMD environment. Environ Earth Sci. doi: 10. 1007/s12665-009-0189-z.
4. Balci N, Shanks WC III, Mayer B, Mandernack KW (2007) Oxygen and sulfur isotope systematics of sulfate produced by bacterial and abiotic oxidation of pyrite. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 71: 3796-3811.
5. Bigham JM, Nordstrom DK (2000) Iron and aluminum hydroxysulfates from acid sulfate water. In: Alpers CN, Jambor JL, Nordstrom DK (eds) Review in mineralogy and geochemistry. Sulfate minerals: crystallography, geochemistry, and environmental significance. The mineralogical society of America, Washington, DC, 40: 351-403.
6. Bigham JM, Schwertmann U, Carlson L, Murad E (1990) A poorly crystallized oxyhydroxysulfate of iron formed by bacterial oxidation of Fe(II) in acid mine water. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 54: 2743-2758.
7. Bigham JM, Schwertmann U, Carlson L (1992) Mineralogy of precipitates formed by the biogeochemical oxidation of Fe(II) in mine drainage. Catena Suppl 21: 219-232.
8. Bigham JM, Carlson L, Murad E (1994) Schwertmannite, a new iron oxyhydroxy-sulphate from Pyhasalmi, Finland, and other localities. Mineral Mag 58: 641-648.
9. Bigham JM, Schwertmann U, Traina SJ, Winland RL (1996) Schwertmannite and the chemical modeling of iron in acid sulfate waters. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 60: 2111-2121.
10. Blowes DW, Ptacek CJ, Jambor JL, Weisener CG (2004) Geochemistry of acid mine drainage. In: Sherwood LB (eds) Treatise on geochemistry-environmental geochemistry 9: 150-195.
11. Carlson L, Schwertmann U (1981) Natural ferrihydrites in surface deposits from Finland and their association with silica. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 45: 421-429.
12. Carlson L, Bigham JM, Schwertmann U, Kyek A, Wagner F (2002) Scavenging of As from acid mine drainage by Schwertmannite and Ferrihydrite: a comparison with synthetic analogues. Environ Sci Technol 36: 1712-1719.
13. Caruccio FT, Ferm JC (1974) Paleoenvironment-predictor of acid mine drainage problems. In: Proceedings of the 5th coal mine drainage research symposium. National Coal Association, Kentucky, USA, pp 5-9.
14. Chandra D, Chaudhuri SG, Ghose S (1980) Distribution of sulphur in coal seams with special reference to the Tertiary coals of North-Eastern India. Fuel 59: 357-359.
15. Dold B (2003) Dissolution kinetics of schwertmannite and ferrihydrite in oxidized mine samples and their detection by differential X-ray diffraction (DXRD). Appl Geochem 18: 1531-1540.
16. Ehrlich HL (1990) Geomicrobiology of iron. In: Ehrlich HL (ed) Geomicrobiology. Marcel Dekker, New York, pp 283-346.
17. Fitzpatrick RW, Naidu R, Self PG (1992) Iron deposits and microorganism in saline sulfide soils with altered soil water regimes in South Australia. In: Skinner HCW, Fitzpatrick RW (eds) Biomineralization processes of iron and manganese: modern and ancient environment. Catena Supplement, Catena-Verlag, Cremlingen-Destedt 21: 263-286.
18. Gagliano WB, Brill MR, Bigham JM, Jones FS, Traina SJ (2004) Chemistry and mineralogy of ochreous sediments in a constructed mine drainage wetland. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 68: 2119-2128.
19. Hochella MF, Moore JN, Golla U, Putnis A (1999) A TEM study of samples from acid mine drainage systems: metal-mineral association with implications for transport. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 63: 3395-3406.
20. Kawano M, Tomita K (2001) Geochemical modeling of bacterially induced mineralization of schwertmannite and jarosite in sulfuric acid spring water. Am Mineral 86: 1156-1165.
21. Kumpulainen S, Carlson L, Röisönen M (2007) Seasonal variation of ochreous precipitates in effluents in Finland. Appl Geochem 22: 760-777.
22. Lazaroff N, Sigal W, Wasserman A (1982) Iron oxidation and precipitation of ferric hydroxysulfates by resting Thiobacillus ferrooxidans cells. Appl Environ Microbiol 43: 924-938.
23. Loan M, Richmond WR, Parkinson GM (2005) On the crystal growth of nanoscale schwertmannite. J Crystal Growth 275: 1875-1881.
24. Majzlan J, Navrotsky A, Schwertmann U (2004) Thermodynamics of iron oxides: Part III. Enthalpies of formation and stability of ferrihydrite (Fe(OH)3), schwertmannite (FeO(OH)3/4(SO4)1/8), and e-Fe2O3. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 68: 1049-1059.
25. Mukherjee S, Borthakur PC (2003) Effect of leaching high sulphur subbituminous coal by potassium hydroxide and acid on removal of mineral matter and sulphur. Fuel 82: 783-788.
26. Murad E, Rojik P (2003) Iron-rich precipitates in a mine drainage environment: influence of pH on mineralogy. Am Mineral 88: 1915-1918.
27. Nordstrom DK (1982) Aquatic pyrite oxidation and the consequent formation of secondary iron minerals. In: Kittrick JA, Fanning DS, Hosner LR (eds) Acid sulfate weathering. Soil Science Society of America, Wisconsin, pp 37-56.
28. Rawat NS, Singh G (1982) The role of micro-organism in the formation of acid mine drainage in the north eastern coal field of India. Int J Mine Water 2: 29-36.
29. Schroth AW, Parnell RA Jr (2005) Trace metal retention through the schwertmannite to goethite transformation as observed in the field setting, Alta Mine, MT. Appl Geochem 20: 907-917.
30. Schwertmann U (1964) Differenzierunrr der Eisenoxide des Bodens durch photochemische Extraktion mit saurer Ammoniumoxalat-Lösung. Z Pflanzen Bodenkunde 105: 194-202.
31. Schwertmann U, Carlson L (2005) The pH-dependent transformation of shcwertmannite to goethite at 25°C. Clay Mineral 40: 63-66.
32. Schwertmann U, Fischer WR (1973) Natural "amorphous" ferric hydroxide. Geoderma 10: 237-247.
33. Schwertmann U, Bigham JM, Murad E (1995) The first occurrence of schwertmannite in a natural stream environment. Eur J Mineral 7: 547-552.
34. Singh G (1987) Mine water quality deterioration due to acid mine drainage. Int J Mine Water 6: 49-61.
35. Wang H, Bigham JM, Tuovinen OH (2006) Formation of schwertmannite and its transformation to jarosite in the presence of acidophilic iron-oxidizing microorganisms. Mater Sc Engineering C 26: 588-592.
36. Yu JY, Heo B, Choi IK, Cho JP, Chang HW (1999) Apparent solubilities of schwertmannite and ferrihydrite in natural stream waters polluted by mine drainage. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 63: 3407-3426.