in this study, effects of solid concentration, temperature, and initial fe2+ concentration on bioleaching of sulfide mineral (chalcopyrite) obtained from sarcheshmeh copper mine in the region of kerman located in the south of iran were investigated. a mesophilic iron oxidizing bacterium, acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans has been isolated from a typical chalcopyrite copper concentrate of the menti...

The characterization and identification of small magnitude seismic sources using regional observations involves the analysis of signals from natural and man made sources. Proper event classification will depend upon the appropriate assessment of source and propagation path effects. Our work is intended to investigate supplementary procedures and data sets that can improve source characterizatio...

This study presents population analyses of microbial communities inhabiting a site of extreme acid mine drainage (AMD) production. The site is the inactive underground Richmond mine at Iron Mountain, Calif., where the weathering of a massive sulfide ore body (mostly pyrite) produces solutions with pHs of approximately 0.5 to approximately 1.0. Here we used a suite of oligonucleotide probes, des...

To study the impact of changes in groundwater flow and chemistry on acidity export from sediments in acid mine drainage (AMD) polluted lakes, a column experiment was carried out. Schwertmannite rich sediment was subjected to three different flow rates (0, 5, and 20 L m(-2) a(-1)), two percolate chemistries (1/1 mmol L(-1) vs 10/15 mmol L(-1) sulfate/ferrous iron, pH 5), and DOC input (approxima...

Two strains of Rhodotorula and one of Trichosporon precipitated dissolved copper with H(2)S formed by reducing elemental sulfur with glucose. Iron stimulated this activity under certain conditions. In the case of Rhodotorula strain L, iron stimulated copper precipitation aerobically at a copper concentration of 18 but not 180 mug/ml. Anaerobically, the L strain required iron for precipitation o...

ABSTRACT:Iron ore is the main mineral resources to support China's national economy, and open-pit mining is the main way. Chemical analysis has its disadvantages in terms of the determination of iron-ore type, such as slow speed and high cost. Therefore this study has put forward a method to determine iron-ore type through field spectrum analysis. First various types of iron-ore samples were co...

Although Thiobacillus ferrooxidans and Leptospirillum ferrooxidans are widely considered to be the microorganisms that control the rate of generation of acid mine drainage, little is known about their natural distribution and abundance. Fluorescence in situ hybridization studies showed that at Iron Mountain, California, T. ferrooxidans occurs in peripheral slime-based communities (at pH over 1....

−− The spectrophotometric method for the determination of cuprous ions in solution presented by Anwar et al. (2000), has since been analyzed and improved, especially with regard to interference from iron and ion species commonly found in acid mine drainage (AMD). The reduction of cupric ions in the presence of ferrous ions, not considered by Anwar et al., renders this method unfeasible for cupr...

in this paper, iron ore sample from the chadormalu was investigated to determine some comminution properties. chadormalu deposit is one of the largest iron ore mine in iran, which is located in yazd province. the representative ore sample contained 57%fe, 0.9%p and 0.17%s. the sample was crushed; afterward, it was ground in various grinding times according to the bond ball mill approach to spec...

Significant magnetite, in the form of dyke-like lodes (Cockfield. 1948). occurs in close spatial relationship to copper deposits such as the Afton mine. The genetic relationship of these massive magnetite lodes to the copper deposits of the Iron Mask is unknown, as i s the origin of the magnetite deposits. However, the proximity of these deposits to magnetite-rich intrusive units of the Iron Ma...