NDLI: Evaluation of the Potential of Indigenous Calcareous Shale for Neutralization and Removal of Arsenic and Heavy Metals From Acid Mine Drainage in the Taxco Mining Area, Mexico

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Author	Romero, F. M. Núñez, L. Gutiérrez, M. E. Armienta, M. A. Ceniceros Gómez, A. E.
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	In the Taxco mining area, sulfide mineral oxidation from inactive tailings impoundments and abandoned underground mines has produced acid mine drainage (AMD; pH 2.2–2.9) enriched in dissolved concentrations (mg l−1) sulfate, heavy metals, and arsenic (As): SO4 2− (pH 1470–5454), zinc (Zn; 3.0–859), iron (Fe; pH 5.5–504), copper (Cu; pH 0.7–16.3), cadmium (Cd; pH 0.3–6.7), lead (Pb; pH < 0.05–1.8), and As (pH < 0.002–0.6). Passive-treatment systems using limestone have been widely used to remediate AMD in many parts of the world. In limestone-treatment systems, calcite simultaneously plays the role of neutralizing and precipitating agent. However, the acid-neutralizing potential of limestone decreases when surfaces of the calcite particles become less reactive as they are progressively coated by metal precipitates. This study constitutes first-stage development of passive-treatment systems for treating AMD in the Taxco mine area using indigenous calcareous shale. This geologic material consists of a mixture of calcite, quartz, muscovite, albite, and montmorillonite. Results of batch leaching test indicate that calcareous shale significantly increased the pH (to values of 6.6–7.4) and decreased heavy metal and As concentrations in treated mine leachates. Calcareous shale had maximum removal efficiency (100%) for As, Pb, Cu, and Fe. The most mobile metals ions were Cd and Zn, and their average percentage removal was 87% and 89%, respectively. In this natural system (calcareous shale), calcite provides a source of alkalinity, whereas the surfaces of quartz and aluminosilicate minerals possibly serve as a preferred locus of deposition for metals, resulting in the neutralizing agent (calcite) beings less rapidly coated with the precipitating metals and therefore able to continue its neutralizing function for a longer time.
Starting Page	191
Ending Page	203
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00904341
Journal	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Volume Number	60
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	14320703
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2010-06-04
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Environmental Monitoring/Analysis Soil Science & Conservation Environmental Chemistry Environmental Health Pollution Ecotoxicology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Pollution Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Medicine Toxicology

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