Jarosite, beudantite and alunite are members of the supergroup. Minerals like those have been detected in different environments on Earth. These jarosite-type compounds common acid rock drainage sulfate soils, resulting from weathering sulfide ores; they also present bioleaching systems because found cultures iron-oxidizing microorganisms. Jarosite is generated hydrometallurgical circuits, main...

In acid base accounting (ABA) estimates of acid mine wastes, the acid potential (AP) estimate can be improved by using the net carbonate value (NCV) reactive sulfide S method rather than total S assay methods but this does not give recovery of potentially acid producing ferrous and ferric sulfates present in many wastes. For more accurate estimation of AP, an effective, site-specific method to ...

An integrated bioleaching system (stable pH-silver ion-chloride ion) was firstly proposed to for improving the efficiency of chalcopyrite bioleaching by mixed strains of Acidithiobacillus. The individual effects of stable pH, silver ion, and chloride ion on bioleaching were respectively studied. The highest copper ion concentrations in each system were 45.8, 50.2, and 45.2 mg/l, respectively, w...

phyllosilicates, jarosite has been found in associationwith the Al-phyllosilicate unit (Fig. 3; 11; 25]. Terra Sirenum hosts jarosite in sediments within paleolakes but it has not yet been found in plateau phyllosilicates. Libya Montes and Hellas are still to be examined in our global survey. ARE NOACHIAN/HESPERIAN ACIDIC WATERS KEY TO GENERATING MARS’ REGIONAL-SCALE ALUMINUM PHYLLOSILICATES? T...

Acid mine drainage (AMD) from abandoned mines has significantly impaired water quality in eastern Kentucky. A small surface flow wetland constructed in 1989 .: to reduce AMD effects and subsequently failed after six months of operation was :‘ renovated by incorporating anoxic limestone drains (ALDs) and anaerobic subsurface drains promoting vertical flow through successive alkalinity producing ...

The equilibrium Fe isotopic fractionation factors of goethite and jarosite have considerable importance for interpreting Fe isotope variations in low temperature aqueous systems on Earth and possibly Mars in the context of future sample return missions. We measured the b-factors of goethite FeO(OH), potassium-jarosite KFe3(SO4)2(OH)6, and hydronium-jarosite (H3O)Fe3(SO4)2(OH)6, by Nuclear Reson...