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Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Iron Hydroxides in the Stream of Abandoned Gold Mine in Kwangyang, Korea

광양 폐금광 수계에 형성된 철수산화물에 대한 광물학적 및 지구화학적 특성

  • Published : 2001.06.30
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Abstract

Geochemical investigations on suspended amorphous iron oxide material from the Kwangyang gold mine and its surrounding area, Cheonnam, Korea have been carried out. The sediments samples were collected from 11 location along Kwangyang mine area and were air dried and sieved to -80 mesh. These samples consist mainly of iron, silicon and alumina. The Fe$_2$O$_3$ contents ranges from 17.9 wt.% to 72.3 wt.%. The content of Fe$_2$O$_3$ increase with decreasing Si, Al, Mg, Na, K, Mn, and Ti, whereas the contents of Te, Au, Ga, Bi, Cd, Hg, Sb, and Se increase in the amorphous stream sediments. Amorphous stream sediments have been severely enriched for As (up to 54.9 ppm), Bi (up to 3.77 ppm), Cd (up to 3.65 ppm), Hg (up to 64 ppm), Sb (up to 10.1 ppm), Cu (up to 37.1 ppm), Mo (up to 8.86 ppm), Pb (up to 9.45 ppm) and Zn (up to 29.7 ppm). At the upstream site, the Au content (up to 4.4 ppm) in the amorphous stream sediments are relatively high but those contents decrease with distance of mine location. The content of Ag (up to 0.24 ppm) were low in upstream site but those contents increase significantly in the downstream sites. The X-ray diffraction patterns of the samples have virtually no sharp and discrete peaks, indicating that some samples are amorphous or poorly-ordered. The quartz, goethite, kaolinite and illite were associated in amorphous stream sediments. The infrared spectra for amorphous stream sediments show major absorption bands due to OH stretching, adsorbed molecular water, sulfate and Fe-O stretching, respectively.

이 연구는 전남 광양광산과 그 주변의 하천에 형성되어 있는 부유성 비정질 퇴적물의 지구화학적 특성을 밝히기 위해 수행되었다. 부유성 비정질 퇴적물의 주요성분은 Fe$_2$O$_3$이며, Fe$_2$O$_3$의 함량은 17.9${\cdot}$72.3wt.% 범위로 나타난다. Fe함량이 증가하면 Si, Al, Mg, Na, K, Mn 및 Ti 함량이 감소하며 Te, Au, Ga, Bi, Cd, Hg, Sb, 및 Se등의 함량은 증가한다. 하상 침전물인 비정질 퇴적물에는 As(최대 54.9ppm), Bi(최대 3.77ppm), Cd(최대 3.65ppm), Hg(최대64ppm), Sb(최대 10.1ppm), Cu (최대 37.1ppm), Mo(최대 8.86ppm), Pb(최대 9.45ppm) 및 Zn(최대 29.7ppm) 등의 중금속원소가 농집되어 있다. 황갈색 침전물에는 Au(최대 4.40ppm)와 Ag(최대 0.24ppm) 함량이 매우 높게 나타나며, Au함량은 하천의 상류지역에 높은 함량을 보이다가 하류지역으로 갈수록 그 함량이 감소한다. 반면에 Ag 함량은 상류지역의 하천에 낮은 함량을 보이다가 하류지역으로 갈수록 그 함량이 증가하여 나타난다. XRD분석에서 하상의 황갈색 침전물은 X-선회절선이 뚜렷하지 않은 비정질이거나 결정도가 미약한 철수산화물로 밝혀졌으며, 석영, 침철석, 고령토, 일라이트 등이 관찰된다. IR분석에서 비정질 하상 퇴적물은 OH기, H$_2$O, SO$_4$ 및 Fe-O 기에 의한 흡수밴드가 관찰된다.

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