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http://dx.doi.org/10.9727/jmsk.2014.27.3.125

Characteristics of Precipitates and Geochemistry of Mine and Leachate Water in Janggun Mine  

Kim, Jun Yeong (Korea Intrastructure Safety Corporation)
Jang, Yun Deug (Department of Geology, Kyungpook National University)
Kim, Yeong Hun (Department of environmental engineering, Andong National University)
Kim, Jeong Jin (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Andong National University)
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Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea / v.27, no.3, 2014 , pp. 125-134 More about this Journal
Abstract
The Janggun mine (Longitude $E129^{\circ}$ 03' 40", Latitude $N36^{\circ}$ 51' 19") was once operated as an underground mine and recently significant amount of mine and leachate water has been discharged from the mine adits and tailing dumps. Mine and leachate waters are characterized by neutral to weakly basic pH values (6.81-9.59). Major cations and anions have concentrations between 6.70-129.80 mg/L of Mg, 289.29-661.02 mg/L of Ca, 4.74-14.38 mg/L of Mn and 1205.00-2448.69 mg/L of $SO{_4}^{2-}$. Brownish yellow precipitates that found in the stream bottom consist of poorly crystallized 2-line ferrihydrite ($Fe_2O_3{\cdot}0.5H_2O$. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) photographs show that brownish yellow precipitates consisted of micro-sized granular particles of about $0.1{\mu}m$ in diameter. Semi-quantitative energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS) analyses show that these samples contained mainly Fe with minor Mn, Ca, Si and As.
Keywords
mine adit; mine water; leachate; precipitates; ferrihydrite;
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