Secondary arsenic minerals and arsenic mobility in a historical waste rock pile at Kaňk near Kutná Hora, Czech Republic
Secondary arsenic minerals and arsenic mobility in a historical waste rock pile at Kaňk near Kutná Hora, Czech Republic
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捷克共和国库特纳霍拉附近 Kaňk 历史岩石废料堆中的次生砷矿物和砷迁移率
作者:
E. Kocourková;J. Loun;O. Sracek;S. Houzar;J. Filip
The arsenic mineralization in historical waste rock pile at Kaňk site near Kutná Hora developed over a period of about 500 years. The objective of this study was to determine principal secondary arsenic mineral phases and their environmental stability. The only common primary As-bearing mineral – arsenopyrite - occurs in the mineral assemblage of Kutná Hora base-metal deposit together with quartz, pyrite, sphalerite, and pyrrhotite. Most of arsenic is bound in supergene minerals (scorodite, jarosite-beudantite, bukovskýite, pitticite), which are relatively stable under oxidizing conditions prevailing in the pile. The Kaňk site is a type locality for bukovskýite, kaňkite, zýkaite, and parascorodite. In long-term perspective, the most stable minerals from viewpoint of As-binding appear to be scorodite and beudantite. A higher mobility was observed for As incorporated into jarosite and poorly crystalline to amorphous phases (FeIII -oxyhydroxides, pitticite). This study has not confirmed significant mobility of arsenic within the pile and water infiltrating in recharge periods of the year (late winter-early spring) should not mobilize arsenic at a significant rate. However, monitoring of the stability of secondary As-phases and dissolved arsenic in the environment around the pile is required to avoid future migration of arsenic out of the pile.
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作者:
J. Majzlan;B. Lazic;T. Armbruster;M.B. Johnson;M.A. White;R.A. Fisher;J. Plášil;J. Loun;R. Škoda;M. Novák
通讯作者:
M. Novák