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Physicochemical Characteristics of Tailings from the Various Types of Mineral Deposits  

Lee, Pyeong-Koo (Geologic Environment Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Youm, Seung-Jun (Geologic Environment Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Jung, Myung-Chae (Dept. of Energy and Mineral Resources Engineering, Sejong University)
Lee, Jin-Soo (Technology Research Center, Mine Reclamation Corporation)
Kwon, Hyun-Ho (Technology Research Center, Mine Reclamation Corporation)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.43, no.3, 2010 , pp. 235-248 More about this Journal
Abstract
To construct the standard methods for evaluation of physicochemical characteristics of tailings in Korea, specific gravity, paste pH, grain size, mineral compositions and heavy metal concentrations of total 26 tailings from 21 metallic mines were analyzed. Specific gravity of tailings ranged from 2.61 to 4.31 (avg. 3.04), and sand and silt grain were dominant in the tailings. Ranges of paste pH were 2.1-9.5 in tailings (7.1-9.2 at magmatic, skarn and hydrothermal replacement deposits and 2.1-9.5 at hydrothermal vein deposits). Additionally, hydrothermal vein deposits could be reclassified into three categories: (1) paste pH>7.0, (2) 4.0
Keywords
tailings, standardization; physicochemical characterization; mineral deposit types;
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