Toxic metalliferous mine-tailings pose a significant health risk to ecosystems and neighboring communities from wind and water dispersion of particulates containing high concentrations of toxic metal(loid)s (e.g., Pb, As, Zn). Tailings are particularly vulnerable to erosion before vegetative cover can be reestablished, i.e., decades or longer in semi-arid environments without intervention. Meta...

*Correspondence: Ondra Sracek, Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, 17. Listopadu 1192/12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic e-mail: [email protected] Mine tailings in African countries Zambia and Namibia have been investigated with an objective to determine the role of secondary hematite in immobilization of contaminants. Two sites, Chambishi and Mindolo, are ...

introduction the baqoroq cu-zn-as deposit is located northeast of the town ofanarak in isfahan province, in theeast central areaof iran. copper mineralization occursin upper cretaceous carbonate rocks.studyof thegeologyof the nakhlak area, the location ofa carbonate-hosted base metaldeposit, indicatesthe importance of stratigraphic, lithological and structural controls in the placement of this ...