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Characterization of Tailings Dams by Electrical Geophysical Methods (ERT, IP): Federico Mine (La Carolina, Southeastern Spain)

dc.contributor.authorMartínez, Julián
dc.contributor.authorMendoza, Rosendo
dc.contributor.authorRey, Javier
dc.contributor.authorSandoval, Senen
dc.contributor.authorHidalgo, M. Carmen
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-17T07:03:53Z
dc.date.available2024-04-17T07:03:53Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-31
dc.description.abstractThis work analyzed the effectiveness of two electrical geophysical methods in characte-rizing tailings dams. A large flotation cell used for sludge thickening in the concentration plant of the Federico Mine (closed in 1985) within the old mining district of La Carolina (southeastern Spain) was selected for this research. In addition to the direct information provided by the geology of the study area and the surface exposure of the waste deposits, information regarding the construction of this mining structure was available, which helped in the interpretations of the geophysical survey data. In this study, two geophysical surveying methods were used simultaneously: Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) and induced polarization (IP). Six profiles were acquired, processed, and interpreted. The length of the profiles allowed the obtaining of data reaching maximum investigation depths ranging between 7 and 65 m. These profiles provided information for a detailed analysis of the internal characteristics of the deposited materials. The lateral and vertical observed variations are linked to different degrees of moisture content. The study also defines the geometry of the top of the bedrock and the tectonics that affect the pouring/dumping hole. Old flotation sludge has resistivity values that range between 1 and 100 Ωm (i.e., wet waste 1–30 Ωm, dry waste 30–100 Ωm), while phyllites in the rocky substrate have resistivities larger than 200 Ωm and can even reach va-lues greater than 1000 Ωm. Between the waste and unaltered phyllites, there is a supergene alteration zone (weathering) with resistivity values between 100 and 200 Ωm. The IP method was used to detect the presence of metals in the accumulated waste in the pond by analyzing the presence of large chargeability anomalies. Anomalies were detected in four of the profiles, which ranged from low (i.e., between 0 and 8 mV/V) to medium (i.e., between 8 and 18 mV/V) and high values (i.e., 18 and >30 mV/V).es_ES
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.3390/min11020145es_ES
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10953/2658
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherMDPIes_ES
dc.relation.ispartofMinerals (2021), 11 (145)es_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesses_ES
dc.subjecttailings dames_ES
dc.subjectelectrical resistivity tomographynes_ES
dc.subjectinduced polarizationes_ES
dc.subjectLa Carolina Mining districtes_ES
dc.titleCharacterization of Tailings Dams by Electrical Geophysical Methods (ERT, IP): Federico Mine (La Carolina, Southeastern Spain)es_ES
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlees_ES
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiones_ES

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