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Environmental Contamination and Bioavailability Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Vicinity of the Dogok Au-Ag-Cu Mine  

Lee Sung-Eun (School of Civil, Urban and Geosystem Engineering, Seoul National University)
Lee Jin-soo (School of Civil, Urban and Geosystem Engineering, Seoul National University)
Chon Hyo-Taek (School of Civil, Urban and Geosystem Engineering, Seoul National University)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.38, no.2, 2005 , pp. 135-142 More about this Journal
Abstract
In order to investigate the contamination level and seasonal variation of heavy metals and evaluate the bioavailability of toxic elements, environmental geochemical survey was undertaken at the Dogok Au-Ag-Cu mine area. The main pollution sources in the area were suggested as tailings, mine waste materials and mine water. Elevated levels of $140{\cal}mg/{\cal}kg{\;}As,{\;}107{\cal}mg/{\cal}kg{\;}Cd,{\;} 3017{\cal}mg/{\cal}kg{\;}Cu,{\;}12926{\cal}mg/{\cal}kg{\;}Pb,{\;}9094{\cal}mg/{\cal}kg$ Zn(before rainy season) were found in mine tailings. Concentrations of heavy metals in farmland soils exceeded normal level in nature soil (Bowen, 1979). The highest level of heavy metals was found in water samples near the mine tailing dumps regarded as a main pollution source of toxic elements in the area. These concentrations decreased to downstream due to the effect of dilution. From the results of sequential extraction analyses for tailings and soils, non-residual forms of heavy metals were found, which indicate the contamination to be progressing by continuing weathering and oxidation. Cadmium and Zn would be of the highest mobility in all samples. The bioavailability of Cd, Cu, Zn and As using SBET analysis from paddy soils was $53.3{\%},{\;}46.5{\%},{\;}41.0{\%}$ and $37.0\%$, respectively. The farmland soil sample(S3) showed the highest total concentration and bioavailability of heavy metals.
Keywords
Dogok mine; As; Heavy metals; Sequential extraction; SBET;
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