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http://dx.doi.org/10.9720/kseg.2019.2.163

Characteristics of Water Contamination and Precipitates of Acid Mine Drainage, Bongyang Abandoned Coal Mine, Danyang, Chungbuk Province with Emphasis on Fe and Al behaviors  

Choo, Chang Oh (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Andong National University)
Lee, Jin Kook (Department of Geology, Kyungpook National University)
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The Journal of Engineering Geology / v.29, no.2, 2019 , pp. 163-183 More about this Journal
Abstract
We investigated acid mine drainage (AMD) of Bongyang abandoned coal mine, Danyang, Chungbuk Province with emphasis on geochemical contaminants in AMD and precipitates using chemical analyses, XRD, SEM, IR, and $^{27}Al$ NMR. Water chemistry changes with pH and oversaturation of chemical species. According to calculation of saturation index, the AMD is saturated with various Fe, Al minerals. Orange or orcher precipitates are composed of schwertmannite and goethite, associated with Leptothrix orchracea bacteria, whereas whitish precipitates are composed mostly of alumimous minerals such as basaluminite with poor crystallinity. The whitish precipitates include trace $Al_{13}$-Tridecamer. It is important to control the precipitation and solubility of aluminous species for ensuring remediation and control for the AMD discharged from the Bongyang abandoned coal mine.
Keywords
Bongyang abandoned coal mine; schwertmannite; basaluminite; Leptothrix orchracea; $Al_{13}$-Tridecamer;
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