Geochemical signature of surface water and stream sediments of a mineralized drainage basin at NE Chalkidiki, Greece: A pre-mining survey

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 114, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-81

  Kelepertzis, Efstratios ^a   Argyraki, Ariadne ^a   Daftsis, Emmanouil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Hellas Gold SA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asprolakkas drainage basin; Geochemical baseline; Heavy metals; Sequential extraction; Stream sediments; Surface waters

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MINING; ANALYZED ELEMENTS; BASE METALS; BASE-LINE CONDITIONS; BED SEDIMENTS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DRAINAGE BASIN; ELEVATED LEVEL; GEOCHEMICAL BASELINE; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GEOCHEMICAL PHASIS; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; HEAD WATERS; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MAJOR IONS; METAL CONTENT; MINING ACTIVITIES; MINING DEVELOPMENT; MN OXIDES; ORE BODIES; RESIDUAL FRACTION; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; STREAM SEDIMENTS; STREAM WATER; STUDY AREAS; TRACE METAL;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MANGANESE; ORE DEPOSITS; POSITIVE IONS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS; WEATHERING; ZINC;

GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS;

AMPHIBOLITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; COPPER; DRAINAGE BASIN; EXTRACTION METHOD; GOLD; HEAVY METAL; MINERALIZATION; MINING; ORE BODY; ORE DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; CHALCIDICE [(ADS) CENTRAL MACEDONIA]; GREECE;

EID: 84857191892     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

References (58)

1. Akabzaa T.M., Jamieson H.E., Jorgenson N., Nyame K. The combined impact of mine drainage in the Ankobra river Basin, SW Ghana. Mine Water and the Environment 2009, 28:50-64.
2. Ashley P.M., Craw D., Graham B.P., Chappell D.A. Environmental mobility of antimony around mesothermal stibnite deposits, New South Wales, Australia and southern New Zealand. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 2003, 77:1-14.
3. Baruah N.K., Kotoky P., Bhattacharyya K.G., Borah G.C. Metal speciation in Jhanji river sediments. Science of the Total Environment 1996, 193:1-12.
4. Bigham J.M., Schwertmann U., Carlson L., Murad E. A poorly crystallized oxyhydroxysulfate of iron formed by bacterial oxidation of Fe(II) in acid mine waters. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1990, 54:2743-2758.
5. Bird G., Brewer P.A., Macklin M.G., Balteanu D., Driga B., Serban M., Zaharia S. The solid state partitioning of contaminant metals and As in river channel sediments of the mining affected Tisa drainage basin, northwestern Romania and eastern Hungary. Applied Geochemistry 2003, 18:1583-1595.
6. Byrne P., Reid I., Wood P.J. Sediment geochemistry of streams draining abandoned lead/zinc mines in central Wales: the Afon Twymyn. Journal of Soils and Sediments 2010, 10:683-697.
7. Casiot C., Lebrun S., Morin G., Bruneel O., Personné F.E. Sorption and redox processes controlling arsenic fate and transport in a stream affected by acid mine drainage. Science of the Total Environment 2005, 347:122-130.
8. Chen M., Ma L.Q. Comparison of three aqua regia digestion methods for twenty Florida soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal 2001, 65:491-499.
9. Cheng H., Hu Y., Luo J., Xu B., Zhao J. Geochemical processes controlling fate and transport of arsenic in acid mine drainage (AMD) and natural systems. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2009, 165:13-26.
10. Cidu R., Frau F., Da Pelo S. Drainage at abandoned mine sites: natural attenuation of contaminants in different seasons. Mine Water and the Environment 2011, 30:113-126.
11. Covelo E.F., Álvarez N., Couce A., Vega M.L., Marcet P. Zn adsorption by different fractions of Galician soils. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2004, 280:343-349.
12. Eliopoulos D.G., Economou-Eliopoulos M. Platinum-group element and gold contents in the Skouries porphyry copper deposit, Chalkidiki peninsula, northern Greece. Economic Geology 1991, 86:740-749.
13. European Union Council Council directive on the quality of water intended for human consumption, 98/83/EC. Official Journal of the European Communities 1998, 330:32-54.
14. Evans D., Davies B.E. The influence of channel morphology on chemical partitioning of Pb and Zn in contaminated river sediment. Applied Geochemistry 1994, 9:45-52.
15. Favas P.J.C., Pratas J., Gomes M.E.P., Cala V. Selective chemical extraction of heavy metals in tailings and soils contaminated by mining activity: environmental implications. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 2011, 111:160-171.
16. Ficklin W.H., Plumlee G.S., Smith K.S., McHugh J.B. Geochemical classification of mine drainages and natural drainages in mineralised areas. Proceedings of 7th International Symposium. Water Rock Interaction 1992, 381-384. Y.K. Kharaka, A.S. Maest (Eds.).
17. Filgueiras A.V., Lavilla I., Bendicho C. Chemical sequential extraction for metal partitioning in environmental solid samples. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 2002, 4:823-857.
18. Frei R. Evolution of mineralizing fluid in the porphyry copper system of the Skouries deposit, northeast Chalkidiki (Greece): evidence from combined Pb-Sr and stable isotope data. Economic Geology 1995, 90:746-762.
19. Galán E., Gómez-Ariza J.L., González I., Fernández-Caliani J.C., Morales E., Giráldez I. Heavy metal partitioning in river sediments severely polluted by acid mine drainage in the Iberian Pyrite Belt. Applied Geochemistry 2003, 18:409-421.
20. Gilg H.A., Frei R. Chronology of magmatism and mineralization in the Kassandra mining area, Greece: the potentials and limitations of dating hydrothermal illites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 1994, 58:2107-2122.
21. Godelitsas A., Göttlicher J., Foustoukos D., Sanakis I., Chrissafis K., Kehagias Th., Zorba T., Paraskevopoulos K.M. Arsenate-bearing natural schwertmannite-type phase in acid mine drainage (AMD) precipitates from N. Greece. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2009, A443.
22. Gundersen P., Steinnes E. Influence of temporal variations in river discharge, pH, alkalinity, and Ca on the speciation and concentrations of heavy metals in some mining polluted rivers. Aquatic Geochemistry 2001, 7:173-193.
23. Hass A., Fine P. Sequential selective extraction procedures for the study of heavy metals in soils, sediments and waste materials-a critical review. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 2010, 40:365-399.
24. Hasselöv M., Kammer F.V. Iron oxides as geochemical nanovectors for metal transport in soil-river systems. Elements 2008, 4:401-406.
25. Jain C.K. Metal fractionation study on bed sediments of River Yamuna, India. Water Research 2004, 38:569-578.
26. Jung H.-B., Yun S.-T., Mayer B., Kim S.-O., Park S.-S., Lee P.-K. Transport and sediment-water partitioning of trace metals in acid mine drainage: an example from the abandoned Kwangyang Au-Ag mine area, South Korea. Environmental Geology 2005, 48:437-449.
27. Kalogeropoulos S.I., Economou G.S. A study of sphalerite from the carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn sulfide deposits of the eastern Chalkidiki peninsula, northern Greece. The Canadian Mineralogist 1987, 25:639-646.
28. Kalogeropoulos S.I., Kilias S.P., Bitzios D.C., Nicolaou M., Both R.A. Genesis of the Olympias carbonate-hosted Pb-Zn(Au, Ag) sulfide ore deposit, eastern Chalkidiki peninsula, northern Greece. Economic Geology 1989, 84:1210-1234.
29. Kelderman P., Osman A.A. Effect of redox potential on heavy metal binding forms in polluted canal sediments in Delf (The Netherlands). Water Research 2007, 41:4251-4261.
30. Kelepertsis A., Argyraki A., Alexakis D. Multivariate statistics and spatial interpretation of geochemical data for assessing soil contamination by potentially toxic elements in the mining area of Stratoni, north Greece. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis 2006, 6:349-355.
31. Kelepertzis E., Argyraki A., Daftsis E., Ballas D. Quality characteristics of surface waters at Asprolakkas hydrological basin, N.E Chalkidiki, Greece. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece 2010, vol. XLIII:2319-2326.
32. Kelepertzis E., Argyraki A., Daftsis E., Ballas D. Geochemical background heavy metal concentrations of stream sediments at mineralized areas of NE Chalkidiki. Hellenic Journal of Geosciences 2010, 45:153-162.
33. Kelepertzis E., Argyraki A., Daftsis E. Factors controlling major ion and trace element content in surface water at Asprolakkas hydrological basin, NE Chalkidiki: implications for elemental transport mechanisms. Advances in the Research of Aquatic Environment 2011, 2:177-184. Springer. N. Lambrakis, G. Stournaras, K. Katsanou (Eds.).
34. Kelepertzis, E., 2011. Bioaccessibility of potentially toxic elements in surface geochemical media of dispersion for environmental risk assessment at mining areas of NE Chalkidiki. Unpublished PhD Thesis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment.
35. Kheboian C., Bauer C.F. Accuracy of selective extraction procedure for metal speciation in model aquatic sediments. Analytical Chemistry 1987, 59:1417-1423.
36. Kockel F., Mollat H., Gundlach H. Hydrothermally altered and (copper) mineralized porphyritic intrusions in the Serbo-Macedonian Massif (Greece). Mineralium Deposita 1975, 10:195-204.
37. Kockel F., Mollat H., Walther H.W. Erläuterungen zur geologischen Karte der Chalkidiki und angrenzender Gebiete 1:100000 (Nord-Griechenland) 1977, 119. Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Hannover.
38. Kretzschmar R., Schäfer T. Metal retention and transport on colloidal particles in the environment. Elements 2005, 1:205-210.
39. Kroll T., Müller D., Seifert T., Herzig P.M., Schneider A. Petrology and geochemistry of the shoshonite-hosted Skouries porphyry Cu-Au deposit, Chalkidiki, Greece. Mineralium Deposita 2002, 37:137-144.
40. Lazaridou-Dimitriadou M., Koukoumides C., Lekka E., Gaidagis G. Integrative evaluation of the ecological quality of metalliferous streams (Chalkidiki, Macedonia, Hellas). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 2004, 91:59-86.
41. Li X.D., Coles B.J., Ramsey M.H., Thornton I. Sequential extraction of soils for multielement analysis by ICP-AES. Chemical Geology 1995, 124:109-123.
42. Mlayah A., Ferreira Da Silva E., Rocha F., Ben Hamza Ch., Charef A., Noronha F. The Oued Mellègue: mining activity, stream sediments and dispersion of base metals in natural environments, North-western Tynisia. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 2009, 102:27-36.
43. Morillo J., Usero J., Gracia I. Partitioning of metals in sediments from the Odiel River (Spain). Environment International 2002, 28:263-271.
44. Nebel M.L., Hutchinson R.W., Zartman R.E. Metamorphism and polygenesis of the Madem Lakkos polymetallic sulfide deposit, Chalkidiki, Greece. Economic Geology 1991, 86:81-105.
45. Ol as M., Nieto J.M., Sarmiento A.M., Cer n J.C., Cánovas C.R. Seasonal water quality variations in a river affected by acid mine drainage: the Odiel river (South West Spain). Science of the Total Environment 2004, 333:267-281.
46. Plumlee G.S., Logsdon M.J. An earth-system science toolkit for environmentally friendly mineral resource development. Reviews in Economic Geology 1999, 6A:1-27. G.S. Plumlee, M.J. Logsdon (Eds.).
47. Plumlee G.S., Smith K.S., Montour M.R., Ficklin W.H., Mosier E.L. Geologic controls on the composition of natural waters and mine waters draining diverse mineral-deposit types. Reviews in Economic Geology 1999, 6B:373-432. L.H. Filipek, G.S. Plumlee (Eds.).
48. Rodríguez L., Ruiz E., Alonso-Azcárate J., Rincón J. Heavy metal distribution and chemical speciation in tailings and soils around a Pb-Zn mine in Spain. Journal of Environmental Management 2009, 90:1106-1116.
49. Runnels D.D., Dupon D.P., Jones R.L., Cline D.J. Determination of natural background concentrations of dissolved components in water at mining, milling and smelting sites. Mining Engineering 1998, 50:65-71.
50. Salminen R., Batista M.J., Bidovec M., Demetriades A., De Vivo B., De Vos W., Duris M., Gilucis A., Gregorauskiene V., Halamic J., Heitzmann P., Lima A., Jordan G., Klaver G., Klein P., Lis J., Locutura J., Marsina K., Mazreku A., O'Connor P.J., Olsson S.A., Ottesen R.T., Petersell V., Plant J.A., Reeder S., Salpeteur I., Sandström H., Siewers U., Steenfelt A., Tarvainen T. Geochemical Atlas of Europe. Part 1 - Background information, Methodology, and Maps. Geological Survey of Finland, Otamedia Oy, Espoo 2005.
51. Seal R.R., Foley N.K., Wanty R.B. Introduction to geoenvironmental models of mineral deposits. US Geol. Surv. Open file Rep. 2002, 2-195. R.R. Seal, N.K. Foley (Eds.).
52. Smedley P.L., Kinniburgh D.G. A review of the source, behaviour and distribution of arsenic in natural waters. Applied Geochemistry 2002, 17:517-568.
53. Song Y., Wilson M.J., Moon H.S., Bacon J.R., Bain D.C. Chemical and mineralogical forms of lead, zinc and cadmium in particle size fractions of some wastes, sediments and soils in Korea. Applied Geochemistry 1999, 14:621-633.
54. Stumm W., Morgan J.J. Aquatic Chemistry: An Introduction Emphasizing Chemical Equilibria in Natural Water 1996, Wiley, New York. 3rd edition.
55. Tessier A., Cambell P.G.C., Bisson M. Sequential extraction procedure for the speciation of particulate trace metals. Analytical Chemistry 1979, 51:844-850.
56. Tessier A., Cambell P.G.C. Partitioning of trace metals in sediments: relationships with bioavailability. Hydrobiologia 1987, 149:43-52.
57. Wigginton N.S., Haus K.L., Hochella M.F. Aquatic environmental nanoparticles. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 2007, 9:1306-1316.
58. Zoumis T., Schmidt A., Grigorova L., Calmano W. Contaminants in sediments: remobilization and demobilization. The Science of the Total Environment 2001, 266:195-202.