Gemici Unsal, Tarcan Gültekin
Dokuz Eylül Universitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Jeoloji Mühendisliği Bölümü, Tinaztepe Yerleşkesi, TR 35160, Buca, Izmir, Turkey.
Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2007 Jul;79(1):20-4. doi: 10.1007/s00128-007-9087-9. Epub 2007 May 3.
There are several abandoned Hg mines located in western Turkey. Hg production in these mines was eventually halted in the early 1990 s because of low prices and environmental concerns (Gemici, 2004). However, acid mine drainage waste causes potential environmental problems near the Hg mines. In Türkönü Hg mine (Fig. 1) nearly 7,000 flasks of mercury had been produced in recent years. In 1965 a private company began to investigate the deposit and by 1968 had installed a 100-tpd rotary furnace. Since, the ore supply has been inadequate and the furnace plant used to process ore hauled from other deposits. Mercury production was terminated in 1975, owing to low prices, and in 1976 the furnace plant was used to process antimony ore (Yildiz and Bailey, 1978). Areas near the mine are currently being used for agricultural purposes. Soils are directly influenced by contaminants, leaching from the mine wastes, which are transported by surface waters in the rainy season. The aim of this study is to evaluate the geochemical dispersal within soil and water,of Hg derived from the abandoned Türkönü mine relating to past mining activities.
土耳其西部有几座废弃的汞矿。由于价格低廉和环境问题，这些矿山的汞生产最终在20世纪90年代初停止（Gemici，2004年）。然而，酸性矿山排水废物在汞矿附近造成了潜在的环境问题。在图尔科努汞矿（图1），近年来已生产了近7000瓶汞。1965年，一家私人公司开始对该矿床进行调查，并于1968年安装了一座日处理量为100吨的回转炉。此后，矿石供应不足，该熔炉厂用于处理从其他矿床运来的矿石。由于价格低廉，汞生产于1975年终止，1976年该熔炉厂用于处理锑矿石（Yildiz和Bailey，1978年）。该矿附近的区域目前用于农业目的。土壤直接受到矿山废物浸出的污染物的影响，这些污染物在雨季通过地表水进行运输。本研究的目的是评估废弃的图尔科努矿过去采矿活动产生的汞在土壤和水中的地球化学扩散情况。
