Rare-earth elements in groundwaters from the Osamu Utsumi mine and Morro do Ferro analogue study sites, Poços de Caldas, Brazil

Miekeley, Norbert; Jesus, Honério Coutinho de; Silveira, Carmem Lúcia P. da; Linsalata, P.; Morse, Robert S.

doi:10.1016/0375-6742(92)90131-q

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“…These include acid mine effluents of the abandoned Zn-Pb mine of Santa Lucia in western Cuba (370–860 μg/L) (Romero et al 2010) or stream waters of a Cu–Pb–Zn mining area in Metalliferous Hills, Italy (929 μg/L) (Protano and Riccobono 2002). It is noteworthy that the highest concentration of REE (29 mg/L) at a pH of 3.6 was reported in groundwater from the Osamu Utsumi uranium mine, Brazil (Miekeley et al 1992). …”

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Rare earth and trace element signatures for assessing an impact of rock mining and processing on the environment: Wiśniówka case study, south-central Poland

Migaszewski

Gałuszka

Dołęgowska

2016

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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A detailed hydrogeochemical study was performed in the Wiśniówka mining area (south-central Poland). This covered three acid pit bodies, historic tailings acid ponds, acid pools, and additionally two neighboring rivers. All these acid mine drainage (AMD) waters are characterized by the pH in the range of 1.7 (pools) to 3.5 (tailings ponds). The most interesting is the Podwiśniówka acid pit lake that shows a very low pH (2.2–2.5) and very high concentrations of SO4 2− (2720–5460 mg/L), Fe (545–1140 mg/L), Al (86.2 mg/L), As (9603–24,883 μg/L), Co (1317–3458 μg/L), Cr (753–2047 μg/L), Cu (6307–18,879 μg/L), Ni (1168–3127 μg/L), and rare earth element (REE) (589–1341 μg/L). In addition, seeps that drain the Podwiśniówka mine tailings and partly aggregate piles form strong acid pools in the mining area. Along with these pools, in which As and REE contents reach 369,726 and 6288 μg/L, respectively, these waters are among the most distinctive As- and REE-rich AMD surface waters across the world. It is noteworthy that the Podwiśniówka acid pit lake and Wiśniówka Duża acid pit sump exhibit different element signatures and REE concentration patterns normalized to North American Composite Shale (NASC): the Podwiśniówka acid pit lake always shows a characteristic roof-shaped medium REE (MREE) profile with distinct enrichments in Gd, Eu, and Tb whereas the other one displays a step-shaped heavy REE (HREE) profile with positive Tb and Gd anomalies. The REE undergo fractionation during weathering and the subsequent leaching of dissolved and suspended fractions from rocks to acid water bodies where these and other elements are further fractionated by geochemical processes. This study shows that the individual REE have greater affinities for Mn, HREE for Fe and SO4 2−, and only La and Ce for Al. This specific water geochemistry has enabled us to (i) pinpoint the location of AMD “hot spots” originated from quartzite mining and processing operations conducted by current and previous mining companies, (ii) predict the directions and effects of future strip mining for quartzites in the Wiśniówka Duża and Podwiśniówka open pits, and (iii) evaluate the potential impact of mining and processing effluents on the quality of rivers.

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Rare earth and trace element signatures for assessing an impact of rock mining and processing on the environment: Wiśniówka case study, south-central Poland

Migaszewski

Gałuszka

Dołęgowska

2016

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“…Los datos composicionales seleccionados para este estudio (Tablas 1 y 2) proceden de las soluciones ácidas existentes en la mina de uranio de Osamu Utsumi (Brasil; Miekeley et al, 1992a), en Tabla l.-Análisis químico de las aguas ácidas de Osamu Utsumi (Brasil;Norstrom et al, 1992;Miekeley et al, 1992a) Gimeno et al, 1995), en un área de San Juan Mountains (USA; Nordstrom et al, 1995;Carlson-Foscz et al, 1996) y en Colour Lake (Canadá; Johannesson y Lyons, 1995). Las muestras de la zona del Arroyo del Val-Báde-nas y de San Juan Mountains corresponden a cursos superficiales de aguas ácidas que discurren sobre materiales 1utíticos paleozoicos y brechas volcanoelásticas, respectivamente; las de Osamu Utsumi corresponden a las aguas subterráneas captadas por los sondeos más superficiales de la zona (Nordstrom et al, 1992;Miekeley et al, 1992a), relacionadas con un complejo fonolítico muy alterado hidrotermalmente; y las de Colour Lake son aguas ácidas de un lago instalado sobre materiales silicielásticos (areníticos y lutíticos).…”

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“…Las muestras de la zona del Arroyo del Val-Báde-nas y de San Juan Mountains corresponden a cursos superficiales de aguas ácidas que discurren sobre materiales 1utíticos paleozoicos y brechas volcanoelásticas, respectivamente; las de Osamu Utsumi corresponden a las aguas subterráneas captadas por los sondeos más superficiales de la zona (Nordstrom et al, 1992;Miekeley et al, 1992a), relacionadas con un complejo fonolítico muy alterado hidrotermalmente; y las de Colour Lake son aguas ácidas de un lago instalado sobre materiales silicielásticos (areníticos y lutíticos).…”

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Collado²,

Julián³

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RESUMENEn este trabajo se analizan las pautas generales de especiación de las Tierras Raras (TR) en aguas ácidas mediante la utilización de muestras procedentes de cuatro sistemas naturales distintos (en Brasil, España, Canadá y USA). Los caracteres geoquímicos del conjunto de muestras seleccionado permiten considerar variaciones de pH de 3,3 a 5,2, un rango relativamente amplio de concentraciones de SO=4' P--y P03-4 y diferencias en los contenidos de TR de hasta cuatro órdenes de magnitud. Las pautas de distribución de TR normalizadas frente a NASC en casi todas las aguas estudiadas muestran un marcado enriquecimiento en las Tierras Raras Intermedias (TRI).Los cálculos de especiación realizados con el código PHREEQE muestran que la distribución de especies de las TR se encuentra controlada por los complejos sulfatados (LnSO+4 principalmente) y, en menor proporción, por las formas iónicas libres (Ln 3+). Sólo cuando las concentraciones de sulfato son considerablemente bajas, las formas libres se encuentran en proporciones preponderantes sobre las de los complejos sulfatados.Los otros ligando s presentes en las soluciones ácidas (P03-4 y F-) no entran en competición con el sulfato en la especiación de las Tierras Raras (al menos para el rango de concentración abarcado por las muestras manejadas) por distintos motivos. Las concentraciones de P03-4 no son lo suficientemente elevadas como para incidir en la especiación de esos elementos. El F-presenta, en casi todas las muestras, valores de concentración suficientes como para influir, a priori, en la especiación de los lantánidos; sin embargo este ligando forma complejos con el aluminio en solución de manera preferente. Por ello, las normalmente altas concentraciones de este último elemento en soluciones ácidas evitan que el P--compita con el SO=4 en la distribución de especies de las Tierras Raras, impidiendo los notables efectos de aquel ligando en la especiación de esos elementos.Desde un punto de vista metodológico, los resultados obtenidos señalan la necesidad de determinar las concentraciones de aluminio para una correcta realización de los cálcu-los de especiación de Tierras Raras en aguas ácidas. Palabras clave: Aguas ácidas, Tierras Raras, cálculos de especiación.ABSTRACT A speciation analysis of Rare Earth elements (REE) in acidic waters of four natural systems in Brasil, Spain, Canada and USA is carried out. The geochemical diversity of the samples span a pH range of 3.3-5.2, a fairly broad range of SO=4' F-and P03-4 concentrations and a diference in measured REE concentrations of four orders of magnitude. The shale-normalized REE patterns show a systematic, almost universal, IREE enrichment in all the acidic waters studied.From REE speciation calculations using the PHREEQE code, it can be concluded that the dominant forms of REEs are sulfate complexes (mainly LnSO+ 4) with minor free ionic species (Ln 3+). These free ionic species only became dominant when sulfate concentrations in waters are very low. Other ligands present in solution (P03-4 and F-) do...

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“…A VG surface analysis system equipped with a CLAM 2 electron analyser and a monochromatized Mg Kα radiation (1253.6 eV) was used in this analysis. Magnesium radiation was chosen to prevent the superposition of the oxygen KLL signal over the lanthanides 3d binding energies (MOULDER et al, 1995). The C 1s signal (284.6 eV) was employed as a reference in the calibration of the binding energies (BE) of the elements detected.…”

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“…Due to the complex mineralogy of the waste rock, a wide range of elements, such as U, Th, Mn, REE are found in the AMD (MIEKELEY et al, 1992), which, in order to meet the concentrations required by government regulators (CONAMA, 2011) are treated with lime before being discharged into the environment . The flow rate of the AMD treatment plant stands between 150 and 300 m 3 h -1 and the neutralization of the acidic waters consumes about 12 t of lime daily, producing a considerable volume of precipitate, which is currently stored in the mine open pit .…”

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Recovery of rare earth elements from acid mine drainage by co-precipitation with Al and Fe oxyhydroxides

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Marie Curie, Letter to her brother (1894) "Humanity stands... before a great problem of finding new raw materials and new sources of energy that shall never become exhausted. In the meantime, we must not waste what we have, but must leave as much as possible for coming generations." Svante Arrhenius, Chemistry in Modern Life (1925) v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First, I would like to thank all my family for the support and for believing in my potential. Thanks Angelina Maria Lanna de Moraes and Fernando Machado Borges de Morais for bringing me to this existence and for educating me. Thanks, Rafael Lanna, for your unconditional brother support. Thanks to all my uncles Aurea, Zé Carlos, Iris, Rosana, Agrício (in memoriam), Léo and Daniel for all financial and emotional support. Special thanks to my life-partner Roberta Ferreira Monteiro for always being at my side, for believing in my mission and for your daily support. Thanks to my mother-in-law Rosália Ferreira Monteiro and my fatherin-law Maj. Idemar Monteiro (in memoriam) for everything. Thanks also to my brother-in-law Maj. Roberto Monteiro and all his family. I would like to acknowledge Prof a. Ana Claudia Queiroz Ladeira for the opportunity of studying at the CDTN under your supervision, for the trust in my work and for your important collaboration to the research. Thank you very much Prof a. Ascensión Murciego and Prof a. Esther Álvarez-Ayuso for the opportunity of studying at Salamanca under your supervision, for our partnership, for the unconditional help and for the unforgettable life experience. ¡Muchísimas gracias, Vale! Thanks to all my professors that shared their knowledge with me, contributing directly and indirectly to this thesis. Special thanks to Prof. Francisco Javier Rios (CDTN) and Clemente Recio (USAL) for creating the opportunity of double doctorate between the two institutions. Special thanks to Mr. Julius Martins for your high-quality proofreading. I would like to thank Indústrias Nucleares do Brasil (INB) for the partnership, the Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN) for the scholarship, and CNPq, FINEP, Fapemig and Inct-Acqua for funding the research. I am also thankful to the Centro Nacional de Microscopía Electrónica-CNME (Madrid-Spain) for the TEM analysis, the Faculty of Chemistry of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid for the RMN analysis. I would like to thank the CDTN-Applied Physics Laboratory for the XPS analysis, especially to Prof. Pedro Lanna Gastelois and the CDTN Microscopy Laboratory for the and SEM analysis, especially to Dr. Tércio Assunção Pedrosa. Special thanks to Prof. José Domingos Ardisson (CDTN) for the 57 Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy analysis. Special thanks to the technicians and undergraduate internship students of all institutions, whose hard work and dedication were essential. Thanks to the undergraduate students Mariana Fadul, Ana Flávia Marinho Saraiva, Thales Augusto Carneiro and Augusto Alves Camargos for your unmeasurable contribution at the laboratory. Thanks to all my colleagues, especially Dr a. Elaine Fel...

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Rare-earth elements in groundwaters from the Osamu Utsumi mine and Morro do Ferro analogue study sites, Poços de Caldas, Brazil

Cited by 52 publications

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Rare earth and trace element signatures for assessing an impact of rock mining and processing on the environment: Wiśniówka case study, south-central Poland

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