Abstract

Elemental and mineral inventory of tailing impoundments near Pezinok, Slovakia and possible courses of action for their remediation

Highlights

  • Arsenic is a common element in many hydrothermal ores, those formed at relatively high temperatures as well as those formed at low temperatures

  • The simplest approach is to do nothing, which seems to be the most likely course of events, given the current economic, political and societal state of the Slovak Republic. This action costs nothing in the short term, it may cause significant damage to the environment, especially to the alluvial sediments and associated water resources in the long term

  • Representative examples of environmental problems caused by intensive mining where undesired by-product is arsenic, are the gold deposits in Mokrsko, Roudný, and Kašperské Hory, Czech Republic (Filippi et al 2004), Rabbit Lake mine, Canada (Moldovan, Hendry 2005), Ketza River mine, Canada (Paktunc et al 2003), or El Terronal mine, Spain (Loredo et al 2003)

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Introduction

Arsenic is a common element in many hydrothermal ores, those formed at relatively high temperatures as well as those formed at low temperatures. Representative examples of environmental problems caused by intensive mining where undesired by-product is arsenic, are the gold deposits in Mokrsko, Roudný, and Kašperské Hory, Czech Republic (Filippi et al 2004), Rabbit Lake mine, Canada (Moldovan, Hendry 2005), Ketza River mine, Canada (Paktunc et al 2003), or El Terronal mine, Spain (Loredo et al 2003). Such proposals must take into account the total amount of As and Sb in the impoundments

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