| Title | Chapter 32: Oxidation of massive sulfide deposits in the Bathurst Mining Camp, New Brunswick: natural analogues for acid drainage in temperate climates |
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| Author | Boyle, D R |
| Source | Environmental geochemistry of sulfide oxidation; by Alpers, C N (ed.); Blowes, D W (ed.); American Chemical Society Symposium Series vol. 550, 1994 p. 535-550, https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-1994-0550.ch032 |
| Year | 1994 |
| Alt Series | Geological Survey of Canada, Contribution Series 28792 |
| Publisher | American Chemical Society |
| Meeting | 2004th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society; Washington, DC; US; August 23-28, 1992 |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | New Brunswick |
| Area | Bathurst Mining Camp |
| Subjects | mineralogy; metallic minerals; environmental geology; gossans; sulphides; oxidation; mineralization; minerals; mineralogical analyses; tailings; mineral deposits |
| Released | 2009 07 23 |
| Abstract | Mass-balance techniques have been applied to gossan zones overlying massive sulfide deposits in the Bathurst camp of New Brunswick to determine the relative order of mobility of toxic elements during
prolonged oxidation of this type of mineralization under temperate climatic conditions. The oxidation sequence of sulfide minerals and the relative mobilities of various metals out of these oxidized zones are remarkably similar to the
oxidation-mobility characteristics observed for massive sulfide tailings impoundments in Canadian temperate climates. The oxidation rates for various types of massive sulfide tailings deposits are greater than those of natural consolidated massive
sulfide ore bodies by a factor of 200 or more. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 204107 |
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