Summary
Fifteen snow samples were collected at the end of the 1995/96 winter in the vicinity (1.5–8 km) of the copper-nickel processing plants at Zapoljarnij, Nikel and Monchegorsk on the Kola Peninsula, NW Russia. Polished sections were made from the snow filter residues for microscopic and qualitative and quantitative electron microprobe investigations. Particles in snow are derived from either geogenic1, or technogenic sources2. Ore particles from two different Ni-Cu deposits can be identified in the snow: i) local Pechenga ore and ii) imported ore from Norilsk-Talnakh. Technogenic particles consist of a wide spectrum of sulphides (Ni-Cu-Fe-Co), oxides (Fe-Ni-Cu), metallic phases and alloys (Ni-Cu-Fe-Co), as well as slag particles and coke. Differences in the processing technologies used in the three plants (e.g. roasting, smelting to Cu-Ni matte, converting, refining) can be deduced from the mineralogy of the particulate emissions. The mineralogy of particulate matter in snow is characteristic for each emitter and can thus be used to fingerprint different sources. PGE-bearing sulphides (pentlandite with 0.2–0.3 wt% Pd) have been observed in the particulate emissions from Zapoljarnij and discrete PGE-phases at Monchegorsk.
Zusammenfassung
Fünfzehn Schneeproben wurden in der Nähe (1.5–8 km) von Kupfer-Nickel-Minen und Mitten in Zapoljarnij, Nikel und Monchegorsk auf der Halbinsel Kola, NW Rußland, am Ende des Winters 1995/96 genommen. Anschliffe von Schneefilterrückständen wurden für die mikroskopischen Untersuchungen Bowie für qualitative und quantitative Mikrosondenanalytik angefertigt. Die in den Anschliffen beobachteten Phasen sind teils geogener1, teils technogener2 Herkunft. Die geogenen Partikel sind Teil der lokalen Staubemissionen (Pechenga Ni-Cu-Tagebaue, Transport und Aufbereitung von Erzen). Die technogenen Partikel repräsentieren ein breites Spektrum unterschiedlich zusammengesetzter Sulphide (Ni-Cu-Fe-Co), Oxyde (Fe-Ni-Cu), metallischer Phasen und Legierungen (Ni-Cu-Fe-Co), sowie Schlacke-Partikel und Koks. Variationen der Zusammensetzung und im Auftreten dieser Phasen ermöglichen Rückschlüsse auf die im Prozess eingesetzten Erze und auf verschiedene Stadien der Prozesstechnik (z.B. Rösten, Schmelzen auf Cu-Ni Stein, Konvertieren auf Cu-Ni Feinstein, Raffinieren) in den lokalen Haupternittenten. Ausserdem konnten PGE-führende Sulphide (Pentlandit mit 0.2–0.3 Gew% Pd) und separate PGE-Phasen in den partikulären Emissionen von Zapoljarnij and Monchegorsk identifiziert werden.
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Gregurek, D., Melcher, F., Pavlov, V.A. et al. Mineralogy and mineral chemistry of snow filter residues in the vicinity of the nickel-copper processing industry, Kola Peninsula, NW Russia. Mineralogy and Petrology 65, 87–111 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01161578
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