Because Pb is one of the most toxic elements and is found as a major contaminant in mining environments, this study aims to identify the distribution of this element in host phases issued from the alteration of mine wastes. The sampling location was a former mine near Oakland, California (USA). This mine was once a source of sulfide minerals from which sulfuric acid was made. The material discu...

The performance requirements of the concrete of containment structures are mainly radiological protection, structural integrity and durability, etc. For this purpose, highperformance heavy density concrete with special attributes can be used. The aggregate of concrete plays an essential role in modifying concrete properties and the physico-mechanical properties of the concrete affect significan...

A carbonate concretion from the shale bed overlying the No. 5 coal of Pennsylvanian age in Tuscarawas County is composed of siderite and contains pyrite, barite, sphalerite and traces of calcite in its interior and in fractures. The siderite has 8 C = + 0.65%o, Sr=289 ppm and Sr/Sr=0.7110±0.0009These results indicate that the siderite was deposited from brackish water in the pore spaces of the ...

In order to fully understand the cycling of elements in hydrothermal systems it is critical to understand intra-field variations in geochemical and microbiological processes in both focused, high-temperature and diffuse, low-temperature areas. To reveal important causes and effects of this variation, we performed an extensive chemical and microbiological characterization of a low-temperature ve...

One of the world's largest concentrations of sediment-hosted stratiform zinc-lead-barite deposits is (Figure 1). The largest and most developed of these is located in the Gataga area of northern British Columbia the CirqueiSouth Cirque deposit, with estimated geological reserves of 38.5 million tonnes averaging 8.0% Zn, 2.2% Pb and 47.2 gitonne Ag at Cirque and gitonne Ag at South Cirque (M...

Barite (Ba[SO4]) is one of the promising candidates for sequestration radioactive waste. can incorporate radium (Ra) and form ideal solid solutions, i.e., (Ba,Ra)[SO4]. Together with isostructural celestite (Sr[SO4]), ternary (Ba,Sr,Ra)[SO4], may exist in natural conditions. Our fundamental understanding dissolution kinetics sulfates critically important a better risk assessment nuclear waste r...