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- Title
Assessment of potential contamination and acid drainage generation in uranium mining zones of Peña Blanca, Chihuahua, Mexico.
- Authors
Guzmán-Martínez, Fredy; Arranz-González, Julio-César; Tapia-Téllez, Alfredo; Prazeres, Cátia; García-Martínez, María-Jesús; Jiménez-Oyola, Samantha
- Abstract
Potential pollution of mining environmental liabilities' locations can be preliminarily and efficiently assessed by the potential generation of acid mine drainage and indices of contamination. This research evaluates the potential pollution by potentially toxic elements at locations with uranium mining liability evidence, using the net acid generation test and determining the background values to estimate acid mine drainage and indices of contamination. Sixty soil samples were collected, and the mineralogy and potentially toxic elements' total contents were determined by x-ray diffraction and optical spectrometry. The findings suggest that the soils related to a specific lithology might not present potential acid mine drainage generation but potential soil and sediment contamination. Future research is recommended on applying leaching tests to identify which potentially toxic elements are effectively being solubilized. Finally, it can be concluded that the study area's potential contamination is relatively low overall.
- Subjects
URANIUM mining; DRAINAGE; ACID mine drainage; SOIL pollution; OPTICAL diffraction; MILLENNIALS; MINERALOGY; SOIL sampling
- Publication
Environmental Monitoring & Assessment, 2023, Vol 195, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0167-6369
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10661-023-10965-9