Mercury and mercury compounds in surface air, soil gas, soils and rocks |
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| Authors: | E Kromer G Friedrich P Wallner |
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| Abstract: | Secondary mercury dispersion haloes were detected and defined above sulphide mineralization by in-situ mercury in soil gas measurements. The meteorological factors controlling the concentration of mercury in soil gas were investigated by long-term experiments. Different mercury compounds in soils and rocks have been determined by a thermal destruction technique. In areas with sulphide mineralization, adsorbed mercury, HgCl2, HgS, HgSO4 and organically fixed mercury are the most important mercury compounds. The concentrations, transport and secondary formation of mercury and its compounds is controlled by: (1) the content of organic matter, Fe-oxides/hydroxides and clay minerals of the soils; and (2) the composition of the underlying rocks.The occurrence of mercury-sulphur compounds indicates the topographic influence on down-slope dispersion and the direction of inclination of the ore body. HgS and HgSO4 are the dominant mercury compounds in the ore; in the bedrock, mercury occurs mainly as adsorbed mercury. |
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