Economic and Environmental Geology (자원환경지질)

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Heavy Metal Retention by Secondary Minerals in Mine Waste Rocks at the Abandoned Seobo Mine

서보광산 폐광석 내 2차 광물에 의한 중금속 고정화

  • 이평구 (한국지질자원연구원 지질환경재해연구부) ;
  • 강민주 (한국지질자원연구원 지질환경재해연구부) ;
  • 최상훈 (충북대학교 지구환경과학과) ;
  • 신성천 (한국지질자원연구원 지질환경재해연구부)
  • Published : 2003.06.01
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Abstract

The main purposes of this study are to utilize mineralogical studies such as optical microscope, XRD and SEM/EDS analyses to characterize the oxidation of sulfide minerals and the mechanisms controlling the movement of dissolved metals from waste rocks at the abandoned Seobo mine. Mineralogical research of the waste rocks confirms the presence of anglesite, covellite, goethite, native sulfur and nsutite as secondary minerals, suggesting that these phases control the dissolved concentrations of As, Cu, Fe, Mn, Pb and Zn. The dissolved metals are precipitated, adsorbed and/or coprecipitated with(or within) Fe(Mn)-hydroxides and Mn(Fe)-hydroxides. The main phases of secondary mineral, Fe-hydroxide, can be classified as amorphous or poorly crystalline and more crystallized phases(e.g. goethite) by crystallinity. Amorphous or poorly crystalline Fe-hydroxide has relatively high As contents(9-24 wt.%). This poorly crystalline Fe-hydroxide changes toward more crystallized phase(e.g. goethite) which contains relatively low As(0.6-7.7 wt.%). These results are mainly due to the progressive release of As with the crystallization evolution of the As-trapping poorly crystalline Fe-hydroxides. It is also attributed to the differences of specific surface areas between the poorly crystalline Fe-hydroxides and well crystallized phases. The dissolved metals from waste rocks at Seobo mine area are naturally attenuated by a series of precipitation(as Fe, Mn, Cu, Pb), coprecipitation(Fe, Mn) and adsorption(As, Cu, Pb, An) reactions. The results of mineralogical researches permit to assess the environmental impacts of mine waste rocks in the areas, and can be used as a useful data to lay available mine restoration plan.

서보광산의 폐광석에 대한 황화광물의 산화작용과 용해된 금속이온들의 이동을 제한하는 메카니즘을 밝히고자 광물학적 연구를 수행하였다. 광물학적 연구를 위해서 반사현미경 관찰, XRD 분석, SEM/EDS 분석을 실시하였다. 폐광석에 대한 광물학적 연구를 통해 앵글레사이트(anglesite), 코벨라이트(covellite), 침철석(goethite), 자연황(native sulfur), 엔소타이트(nsutite) 등의 2차광물을 확인하였으며, 이들 2차광물은 용해된 비소, 구리, 철, 망간, 납, 아연의 확산을 제어한다. 용해된 비소, 구리, 철, 망간, 납, 아연은 철수산화광물과 망간수산화광물에 흡착되거나 공침되기도 한다. 철수산화광물은 결정도가 낮은 것과 높은 것(침철석)으로 분류된다. 비소는 결정도가 낮은 철수산화광물에서 9∼24 wt.%가 검출되며, 결정도가 더 높은 철수산화광물(침철석 등)에서는 상대적으로 낮은 함량(0.6∼7.7wt.%)이 검출되었다. 이것은 결정도가 낮은 철수산화광물에 흡착되었던 비소가 철수산화광물의 결정도가 높아지면서 비소를 방출하기 때문이거나 비표면적의 차이에 기인한 것으로 해석된다. 폐광석으로부터 용해된 중금속과 미량금속원소들은 침전(Fe, Mn, Cu, Pb), 공침(Fe, Mn) 및 흡착(As, Cu, Pb, Zn) 등의 화학반응을 통하여 다시 고정화됨으로써, 현장에서 자연적으로 정화되고 있다. 이러한 광물학적 연구결과들은 광산 폐기물의 지화학적 환경 영향평가에 이용할 수 있고, 가능한 광산복원 계획을 세우는 데 유용한 자료로 사용될 수 있다.

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