• 한국광물학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.251-265
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• 2010

광산찌꺼기로 방치되어 있는 황철석으로부터 유용금속이온을 효과적으로 용출시키기 위하여 황산을 첨가하지 않고 실험실온도에서 칼럼 미생물용출 실험을 수행하였다. 칼럼 미생물용출 실험 결과 2차 생성물의 형성을 발견할 수 없었고, 비교시료보다 박테리아 시료에서 Fe 이온 함량이 14배 이상으로 높게 용출되었다. $SO_4^{2-}$ 함량은 비교시료보다 박테리아 시료에서 약 2.99배 이상으로 높게 용출되었다. XRD 분석결과, 황철석의 (111), (200), (220), (311), (222), (230), (321) 결정면에 해당되는 강도가 비교시료에서 보다 박테리아 시료에서 감소하였고, (210)와 (211) 결정면의 강도가 박테리아 시료에서 증가하였다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제47권6호
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• pp.525-532
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• 2014

Since mine wastes were merely dumped in the mine waste dump, they have produced acid mine drainage (AMD). Therefore, main objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of coal combustion products (CCPs) on heavy metal stabilization and detoxification for mine wastes. Total six treatments for incubation test were conducted depending on mixing method (completely mixing and layered). Also, lysimeter experiment was conducted to examine efficiency of polyacrylamide (PAM) on reduction of mine wastes erosion. Result of incubation test showed that concentrations of soluble aluminium (Al) and iron (Fe) in leachate decreased compared to control. The lowest soluble Al and Fe in leachate was observed in 50% mixed treatment (14.2 and $1.03mg\;kg^{-1}$ for Al and Fe respectively) compared to control treatment (253.0 for Al and $52.6mg\;kg^{-1}$ for Fe). The pH of mine wastes (MW) and leachate increased compared to control after mixing with CCPs and ordered as control (MW 6.4, leachate 6.3) < 10% (MW 7.7, leachate 7.1) < 20% (MW 9.0, leachate 7.8) < 30% (MW 9.5, leachate 8.3) < 40% (MW 9.9, leachate 8.5) < 50% (MW 10.5, leachate 8.6). Application of PAM, both in liquid and granular type, dramatically decreased the suspended solid (SS) concentration of CCPs treatments. Reduction of SS loss was ordered as MW70CR30L ($24.4mg\;L^{-1}$) > MW70CR30LPL ($6.7mg\;L^{-1}$) > NT ($3.1mg\;L^{-1}$) > MW70CR30M ($1.6mg\;L^{-1}$) > MW70CR30MPL ($1.1mg\;L^{-1}$) > MW70CR30PGM ($0.7mg\;L^{-1}$) > MW70CR30LPG ($0.5mg\;L^{-1}$) > MW70CR30MPG ($0.4mg\;L^{-1}$). Overall, application of CCPs can be environmental friendly and cost-effective way to remediate coal mine wastes contaminated with heavy metals. In addition, use of PAM could help to prevent the erosion coal mine wastes in mine waste disposal area.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2002년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.75-80
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• 2002

Enormous volumes of mining wastes from the abandoned and closed mines are disposed without a proper treatment at Southeastern part of Kangwon Province. Erosion of these wastes contaminates soil, surface water, and sediments with heavy metals. Objectives of this research were to fractionate heavy metals in the mine waste and to assess the potential S. P. A. G.(Soil Pollution Assesment Guidance) of each metal fraction. Mine wastes analyzed for physical and chemical properties. pH of wastes ranged from 3.3 to 8.0. Contents of total N and loss on ignition matter were in the ranges of 0.2~5.6%, and 0.8~15.3%, respectively. Heavy metals in the wastes were higher in the coal mines than those in the other mine wastes. Total concentrations of metals in the wastes were in the orders of Pb > Zn > Cu > Cd, exceeded the corrective action level of the Soil Environment Conservation Law and higher than the natural abundance levels reported from uncontaminated soils. Relative distribution of heavy metal fractions was residual > organic > reducible > carbonate > adsorbed, reversing the degree of metal bioavailability. Mobile fractions of metals were relatively small compared to the total concentrations. Soil Pollution Assesment Guidance(SPAG) values were ranged from 0.08 to 9.14 based on labile fraction of metal concentrations. SPAG values of labile concentration were lower than those of total concentration.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2005년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.363-370
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• 2005

There are approximately 2,000 metallic mines which have been abandoned in Korea. Most of the mines are located in the watershed area, which is main source of drinking water for Seoul Metropolitan area. Untreated mining wastes are remained around abandoned mines in study area. These mining wastes, flowing into farmland and stream in the downstream of abandoned mines, would cause water and soil pollution. The mining waste samples from Guedo mine, Manjung mine and Joil mine recently abandoned were collected for the evaluation of the potential of water pollution by mine waste. Index of geoaccumulation($M\"{u}ller$, 1979), fractional composition and removal efficiency of some heavy metals by different concentration of HCl treatment were analyzed. Index of geoaccumulation of Cd, Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni and Cr are 6, $4{\sim}6,\;0{\sim}6,\;4{\sim}5$, 2 and 0 respectively. Index of geoaccumulation of Cd, Pb, Zn and Cu reveals the mining wastes has high pollution pottential in the area. Organic fraction of Cu, reducible fraction of Pb, residual fraction of Ni and Zn were the most abundant fraction of heavy metals in mining wastes.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.45-55
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• 1996

Although the Dongjin Au-Ag-Cu mine had been abandoned since about forty years ago, the results of this study on the dispersion patterns and contamination level of heavy metals in the hydrologic system flowing via the waste rump show that the environmental impacts from the mine wastes are still significant. The stream water in the vicinity of the waste rump is severely acidified (pH 3.8 to 4.4) and highly enriched in various dissolved heavy metals. The heavy metal contents of the stream water and stream sediments are systematically attenuated with increasing distance from the mine area. However, it is worth to note that continuous attenuation of heavy metal contents in both media were reenriched in downstream area more than 800 m apart from the mine because it can be acted as a secondary source of heavy metal pollution. The heavy metals, especially Cd, Cu and Zn of polluted downstream sediments mainly occur in Fe-Mn oxides and organic materials, which indicates that these elements are the main pollutants from the waste rump of the Dongjin mine. The heavy metal contents of crops, such as sesame, perilla, red Pepper and brown rice, collected from the polluted farm land in the downstream area are lower than those of land plants from stream sides, but significantly higher in Cd, Cr, Cu and Zn than those from the unpolluted farm land. Especially, almost all of the crops in polluted farm land have been severly contaminated by Cd (>0.4 ppm). On the other hand, the heavy metal contents of the crops collected from refreshed farm land by means of a soil addition method shows significantly lowered level comparing with those of polluted area, which indicates that a soil addition method was effective for the refreshment of polluted farm land by toxic metallic pollutants. Wormwoods from this area showed very high contents in a11 the heavy metals even in unpolluted area (Cd > 1 ppm, Cr > 1 ppm, Cu > 11 ppm, Pb> 4 ppm, Zn > 55 ppm), indicating that a special caution must be payed when one takes ingest them.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.383-392
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• 2019

How to safely and economically dispose mining tailings is a challenge to mine operators. This paper presents an alternative upstream method for tailings dam construction, termed as the template construction method (TCM), which has been successfully implemented at Zhelamuqing tailings impoundment since 2004. By the beginning of 2015, the tailings dam wall had reached 95 m in height for the 46 upstream raises, with the total height of the dam including the starter dyke being 128 m. The proposed TCM is relatively simple and cost-effective and provides a good way for constructing rapidly raising tailings dam based on this case.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.341-349
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• 2016

To improve the utilization rate of construction waste as mine backfilling materials, this paper investigated the feasibility of using recycled powder as mine paste backfilling cementitious material, and studied the pozzolanic activity of recycled construction waste powder. In this study, alkali-calcium-sulfur served as the activation principle and an orthogonal test plan was performed to analyze the impact of the early strength agent, quick lime, and gypsum on the pozzolanic activity of the recycled powder. Our results indicated that in descending order, early strength agent > quick lime > gypsum affected the strength of the backfilling paste with recycled powder as a cementitious material during early phases. The strength during late phases was affected by, in descending order, quick lime > gypsum > early strength agent. Using setting time and early compressive strength as an analysis index as well as an extreme difference analysis, it was found that the optimal ratio of recycled powder cementitious material for mine paste backfilling was recycled powder:quick lime:gypsum:early strength agent at 78%:10%:8%:4%. X-ray diffraction analysis and scanning electron microscope were used to show that the hydration products of recycled powder cementitious material at the initial stages were mainly CH and ettringite. As hydration time increased, more and more recycled powder was activated. It mainly became calcium silicate hydrate, calcium aluminate hydrate, etc. In summary, recycled powder exhibited potential pozzolanic activities. When activated, it could replace cementitious materials to be used in mine backfill.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.13-24
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• 2004

부산광역시 소재 폐납석광산인 임기광산 채굴적 및 폐석적치장 및 하상퇴적물에 대해 산-염기 평가(ABA test)와 폐석적치장 상부에 대해 디스크-장력침투계를 이용하여 수리특성을 분석하였다. 임기광산 폐석적치장 주변에서 최대 산 발생력(MPA)은 246.942kg $H_2SO_4/t$였고, 산 중화능력(ANC)은 최대 8.7kg $H_2SO_4/t$로 나타나 노출된 채굴적 암반 및 폐석은 ARD를 발생하는 지질물질로 나타났다. 또한 이들에는 이미 황화광물이 산화되어 암석 표면에 염 및 자유수소 이온을 보유하여 강우와 접촉시 표층수 및 침투수 등을 ARD로 변화시키는 지구화학적 특성을 지닌 상태로 판단된다. 임기광산의 폐석적치장은 비록 매우 낮은 침투율을 갖고 있으나 폐석적치장 법면부에 심한 침식작용으로 V자형 침식골이 노출되어 있고 노출부위에 수리전도도가 큰 쇄설층들이 노출되어 강우의 침투경로 역할을 할 것으로 판단된다. 이러한 굵은 쇄설성 입자층의 노출은 지표에서 생성된 ARD 통로 기능뿐만 아니라 공기의 이동 경로가 되어 폐석내 포함된 황화광물의 지속적인 산화작용을 유발시키는 수리적 특성을 보유한다고 할 수 있다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.291-301
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• 2004

만장광산 폐광석 내의 황동석 풍화과정과 용해된 금속이온의 거동을 밝히고자 광물학적 연구를 수행하였다. 광물학적 연구는 반사현미경 관찰, XRD 분석, SEM/EDS 분석을 실시하였다. 현미경 관찰 결과 황동석의 풍화는 주로 입자내의 균열부와 입자 가장자리를 따라 진행되고 있으며, 풍화정도에 따라 4단계로 구분할 수 있었다. 2차 광물에 대한 광물학적 연구결과 침철석, 코벨라이트, 구리탄산염광물(남동석, 공작석), 브로칸타이트 등이 인지되었다. 철수산화광물은 구리와 비소를 흡착하고 있으며, 흡착된 비소의 함량은 결정도가 낮은 경우 상대적으로 높았다. 산화환경에서 황동석의 풍화작용은 입자 내부의 균열부에서 우세하였으나, 코벨라이트와 브로칸타이트로의 치환반응은 입자내부에서 우세하였다. 황화광물의 풍화로 용해된 금속이온(구리, 철, 비소)은 철수산화광물에 흡착, 혹은 구리탄산염광물로 침전 등을 통해 자연적으로 고정화되어지고 있음이 확인된다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제39권5_1호
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• pp.495-505
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• 2023

함경북도 무산군에 위치한 무산 광산은 한반도의 대표적인 노천 철 광산으로 1935년부터 본격적인 채광이 이루어졌다. 본 연구에서는 지난 백 여년 동안 무산 광산 지역에서 발생한 채광량 및 적치량을 지형 고도의 변화를 통해 추정하고자 하였다. 광산의 부피 변화를 계산하기 위해 1918년에 발행된 1:200,000 축척의 조선 제3차 지형도를 디지타이징(digitizing)하여 digital elevation model (DEM)화한후, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) DEM (2000) 및 Copernicus DEM (2011-2015)과 비교하였다. 구해진 부피 변화에 철광석과 폐석의 밀도와 공극률을 가정하여 질량으로 환산한 결과, 백 년 동안 약 13억 7천만 톤의 철광석이 채광되었고 약 10억 6천만 톤의 폐석이 적치된 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 무산 광산이 본격적으로 개발되기 이전의 자연 지형 자료를 사용함으로써 약백년 가량의 무산 광산의 활동을 정량적으로 산정했다는 데 의의가 있으며, 향후 자료 획득이 제한된 북한의 장기적 지형변화 탐지에 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다.