PMID- 35124317
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220222
LR  - 20220222
IS  - 1095-8630 (Electronic)
IS  - 0301-4797 (Linking)
VI  - 308
DP  - 2022 Apr 15
TI  - The environmental impact of historical Pb-Zn mining waste deposits in Slovenia.
PG  - 114580
LID - S0301-4797(22)00153-0 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114580 [doi]
AB  - Mining waste deposits (MWDs) represent significant and constant pollution source 
      for the environment worldwide, thus it is very important to identify and diminish 
      their environmental impacts. The aim of this study was to determine long-term 
      environmental impacts and their temporal variations of MWDs in Pb-Zn mining 
      districts in Slovenia and assess stability of potentially harmful element 
      (PHE)-bearing phases in stream water. The results showed that investigated MWDs 
      are important source of PHEs in stream sediments and that PHEs mostly occur as 
      fine-grained and liberated PHE-bearing ore minerals. MWDs have generally stronger 
      impact on sediments of smaller streams draining MWDs and main streams close to 
      their confluences, however, fine-grained PHE-bearing material is transported 
      along major watercourses over long distances causing regional pollution. Main ore 
      minerals are mostly soluble in stream water. However, measured PHE leaching 
      potential of MWDs is negligible. PHE levels in stream waters are thus low, 
      demonstrating that drainage of MWDs predominantly contributes to PHE pollution in 
      solid particulate form. Possible long-term remediation solution that would reduce 
      environmental impact is recovery of metals from fine grain size fractions of 
      MWDs, which could become an effective practice in sustainable management of 
      historical MWDs. However, further studies of MWDs' secondary resource potential, 
      processing technology and evaluation of environmental aspects of extraction are 
      needed.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
FAU - Miler, Milos
AU  - Miler M
AD  - Geological Survey of Slovenia, Dimiceva ulica 14, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. 
      Electronic address: milos.miler@geo-zs.si.
FAU - Bavec, Spela
AU  - Bavec S
AD  - Geological Survey of Slovenia, Dimiceva ulica 14, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. 
      Electronic address: spela.bavec@geo-zs.si.
FAU - Gosar, Mateja
AU  - Gosar M
AD  - Geological Survey of Slovenia, Dimiceva ulica 14, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. 
      Electronic address: mateja.gosar@geo-zs.si.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220203
PL  - England
TA  - J Environ Manage
JT  - Journal of environmental management
JID - 0401664
RN  - 0 (Metals, Heavy)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - 2P299V784P (Lead)
RN  - J41CSQ7QDS (Zinc)
SB  - IM
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/methods
MH  - Geologic Sediments
MH  - Lead
MH  - *Metals, Heavy/analysis
MH  - Mining
MH  - Rivers
MH  - Slovenia
MH  - *Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis
MH  - Zinc/analysis
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Characterisation
OT  - Metals
OT  - Mineral solubility
OT  - Stream sediment
OT  - Stream water
EDAT- 2022/02/07 06:00
MHDA- 2022/02/23 06:00
CRDT- 2022/02/06 20:32
PHST- 2021/10/07 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/01/04 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/01/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/02/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/02/23 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/02/06 20:32 [entrez]
AID - S0301-4797(22)00153-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114580 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Environ Manage. 2022 Apr 15;308:114580. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114580. 
      Epub 2022 Feb 3.