Temporal variation and the effect of rainfall on metals flux from the historic Beatson mine,Prince William Sound,Alaska, USA |
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| Authors: | Lisa L Stillings Andrea L Foster Randolph A Koski LeeAnn Munk Wayne C Shanks III |
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| Institution: | 1. US Geological Survey, MS-176, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557, United States;2. US Geological Survey, MS-901, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States;3. Department Geol Sciences, University of Alaska, Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, United States;4. US Geological Survey, MS973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, United States |
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| Abstract: | Several abandoned Cu mines are located along the shore of Prince William Sound, AK, where the effect of mining-related discharge upon shoreline ecosystems is unknown. To determine the magnitude of this effect at the former Beatson mine, the largest Cu mine in the region and a Besshi-type massive sulfide ore deposit, trace metal concentration and flux were measured in surface run-off from remnant, mineralized workings and waste. Samples were collected from seepage waters; a remnant glory hole which is now a pit lake; a braided stream draining an area of mineralized rock, underground mine workings, and waste piles; and a background location upstream of the mine workings and mineralized rock. In the background stream pH averaged ∼7.3, specific conductivity (SC) was ∼40 μS/cm, and the aqueous components indicative of sulfide mineral weathering, SO4 and trace metals, were at detection limits or lower. In the braided stream below the mine workings and waste piles, pH usually varied from 6.7 to 7.1, SC varied from 40 to 120 μS/cm, SO4 had maximum concentrations of 32 mg/L, and the trace metals Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn showed maximum total acid extractable concentrations of 186, 5.9, 6.2 and 343 μg/L, respectively. |
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