Problemática ambiental que generan las explotaciones mineras.

  • Esperanza Martínez-conde
  • José Vicente Rovira
  • Mª José Marqués
Keywords: Contamination, cyanides, heavy metais lead, Jixiviation me[alije mines perturba[ion, «Troya» Mine, zinc

Abstract

Ihe disturbance produced by tbe Troya Mine, centered on extraction of zinc and lead of a polymetallic sulphide ore was valued. The focuses of contamination an their reach in the rivers were indentified. We selected the pH as 177 Esperanza Martínez--Conde, ca aL Problemática ambiental que generan lat. an indicator of lixiviation, aud ffie eyaxiides in order to attest the 1mw of pollutants from the tailings pond. They were measured Ihe concentrations of the exploited metais and sorne associate in the mineralization whose mobilization is drastie [o living beings. The mos[ aflected zone corresponds to [he basin located nex[ o [he mine mili and the [ailings. Wc apprecia[ed a lacking jo isolation of [he tailings pond, a s[rong aid drainage from [he spoil heaps and high concentration of heavy metais, it presenis an implicil permanent risk. `¡he problem will be magnified when [he wa[er wells up jo [he abandoned adi[s. The nccessi[y of es[ablishing ecological previous cri[erions for Ibis type of exploitaticos has beco considered.

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Published
1999-01-01
How to Cite
Martínez-conde E., Rovira J. V. y Marqués M. J. (1999). Problemática ambiental que generan las explotaciones mineras. Observatorio Medioambiental, 2, 177. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/OBMD/article/view/OBMD9999110177A
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No. 2 (1999)
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