• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.183-199
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• 2008

This study is focused on characterization of the physio-chemical and mineralogical properties, investigation of their vertical changes in the tailing profile of the Guryoung mining area, classification of the profile into distinct zones, and condition conceptual model of physio-chemical conditions and phases-water relationships controlling the element behaviors in the tailings. The upper part of the groundwater is characterized by the high contents of $Fe_2O_3$ and $SO_3$ for whole rock analysis, low pH, and the occurrence of jarosite, schwertmannite and Fe-oxyhydroxide as the secondary mineral phases. The tailing profile can be divided into the covering soil, jarosite zone, Fe-sulfate zone, Fe-oxyhydroxide and gypsum-bearing pyrite zone, calcite-bearing pyrite zone, soil zone, and weathered zone on the based of the geochemical and mineralogical characteristics. The profile can be sampled into the oxidized zone and the carbonate-rich primary zone with the dramatic changes in pH and the secondary mineral phases. The conceptual model proposed for the tailing profile can be summarized that the oxidation of pyrite is the most important reaction controlling the changes in pH, the dissolution of the primary silicates and carbonates, the precipitation of secondary mineral phases, acid-neutralizing, and heavy metal behaviors through the profile.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.392-395
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• 2004

광미와 오염된 토양에 함유되어 있는 중금속은 물리ㆍ화학적 환경 변화에 따라 안정화되어 자연적으로 정화가 진행되거나, 혹은 재용출 될 수 있어 중요한 오염원으로 작용 할 수 있다. 따라서 중금속 원소의 존재형태를 규명하여 물리ㆍ화학적 환경 변화에 따른 중금속의 거동을 예측하고자 Tessier et al (1979)의 방법을 이용하여 연속추출을 수행하였다. 구룡광간의 광미와 오염된 토양에 함유된 중금속과 마량원소의 존재형태를 비교해 보면 Fe를 제외한 모든 원소의 존재형태가 안정상인 잔류형태로 존재하였다. Cd, Co, Cu 및 Pb의 경우 잔류형태 다음으로 비정질 산화광물형태로 수반된 형태도 중요한 존재 형태인 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 Fe은 비정질 산화광물의 형태가 가장 우세한 것으로 나타났으며, 황화광물과의 결합형태가 상대적으로 우세한 경향을 보였다.

• Proceedings of the KSEEG Conference
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.232-234
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the KSEEG Conference
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.238-241
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• 2005

• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.118-125
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• 1995

경북 구룡포에 소재한 구룡광산에서 산출하는 불석(클리놉틸로라이트와 모데나이트의 집합체)에 대한 Pb2+, Cd2+, Zn2+, Co2+, Fe2+ 및 NH4+ 등 양이온의 치환성질을 알아보기 위하여 베치실험을 실시하였다. 60∼80 메쉬 및 230 메쉬의 시료를 사용하여 각각 50ppm의 농도를 가진 용액과 반응시켰다. 반응후의 용액은 AA 및 전극 (NH4+)으로 분석하여 치환양을 측정하였다. 본 연구결과 Pb2+와 NH4+가 다른 이온들보다 훨씬 높은 선택성을 보여 주었다. 불석에 대한 이온들의 선택성은 NH4+, Pb2+》Zn2+, Cu2-, Co2->Cd2-, Fe2+와 같다. 실험결과 불석시료가 용액으로부터 흡착한 양이 시료로부터 용액으로 추출된 양보다 훨씬 높게 나타나고 있는 바 이는 이온치환보다는 불석의 시브(sieve) 효과에 의한 이온흡착현상이 우세하게 일어났다는 것을 지시해준다. 본 실험은 이 불석이 중금속과 암모니아와 같은 오염물을 제거하는데 사용될 수 있음을 보여준다.

• Proceedings of the KSEEG Conference
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.235-237
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• 2005

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.43 no.3
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• pp.275-282
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• 2010

The laboratory column experiments were used to transport of metal elements by infiltration-related dispersion and/or diffusion in mine tailing of the Guryong gold mine. The mine tailing shows the neutral pH (for a pore water) and contains quartz, chlorite, pyrite and calcite. Both a non-reactive solute ($Cl^-$ of 100 mg $L^{-1}$) and a reactive solute (1N HCl), were injected continuously through columns. The breakthrough curve in the non-reactive experiment reached at a maximum under 1.5 pore volumes (PV). The longitudinal dispersion (0.607 cm) and hydrodynamic dispersion coefficient ($1.96{\times}10^{-7}cm^{2}sec^{-1}$) were calculated by the slope. In the reactive experiment, the plateau curve was appeared in the pH values of 5.3, 4.5 and 1.7. The releases of metal elements such as Fe, Mn, Al, Cu, Zn, Pb, and Cd were observed to be related to the pH buffering. High concentrations of Mn, Cd and Zn were observed at the first pH plateau (4 PV and pH 5.3), whereas Fe, Cu, Al and Pb were released as the pH decreased to 4.0 or less. The resulting order of metals mobility, based on the effluent water, is Mn=Cd>Zn>Cu>Fe>Al>Pb.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.337-350
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• 1995

The Hwacheon-ri mineralized area is located within the Cretaceous Gyeongsang Basin of the Korean peninsula. The mineralized area includes the Hwacheon, Daeweon, Kuryong and Cheongryong mines. Each of these mines occurs along copper-bearing hydrothermal quartz veins that crosscut late Cretaceous volcanic rocks, although some disseminated ores in host rocks also exist locally. Mineralization can be separated into three distinct stages (I, II, and III) which developed along preexisting fracture zones. Stage I is ore-bearing, whereas stages II and III are barren. The main phase of ore mineralization, stage I, can be classified into three substages (Ia, Ib and Ic) based on ore mineral assemblages and textures. Substage Ia is characterized by pyrite-arsenopyrite-molybdenite-pyrrhotite assemblage and is most common at the Hwacheon deposit. Substage Ib is represented by main precipitation of Cu, Zn, and Pb minerals. Substage Ic is characteristic of hematite occurrence and is shown only at the Kuryong and Cheongryong deposits. Some differences in the ore mineralization at each mine in the area suggest that the evolution of hydrothermal fluids in the area varied in space (both vertically and horizontally) with respect to igneous rocks relating the ore mineralization. Fluid inclusion data show that stage I ore mineralization mainly occurred at temperatures between ${\approx}350^{\circ}$ and ${\approx}200^{\circ}C$ from fluids with salinities between 9.2 and 0.5 wt.% eq. NaCl. In the waning period of substage Ia, the high temperature and salinity fluid gave way to progressively cooler, more dilute fluids of later substage Ib and Ic (down to $200^{\circ}C$, 0 wt.% NaCl). There is a systematic decrease in the calculated ${\delta}^{18}O_{H2O}$ values with paragenetic time in the Hwacheon-ri hydrothermal system from values of ${\approx}2.7$‰ for substage Ia, through ${\approx}-2.8$‰ for substage Ib, to ${\approx}-9.9$‰ for substage Ic. The ${\delta}D$ values of fluid inclusion water also decrease with decreasing temperature (except for the Daeweon deposit) from -62‰ (substage Ia) to -80‰ (substage Ic and stage III). These trends are interpreted to indicate the progressive cooler, more oxidizing unexchanged meteoric water inundation of an initial hydrothermal system which is composed of highly exchanged meteoric water. Equilibrium thermodynamic interpretation of the mineral assemblages with the variation in amounts of chalcopyrite through the paragenetic time, and the evolution of the Hwacheon-ri hydrothermal fluids indicate that the solubility of copper chloride complexes in the hydrothermal system was mainly controlled by the variation of temperature and $fo_2$ conditions.