Writers : Fereshteh Ghasemzadeh; A. Malekzadeh Shafaroudi
Refference : 2nd National Symposium of Iranian Society of Economic Geology
Publishing Year : 1390

Abstract :

Arghash Au-As-Sb mining area is located in south west of Nyshabour. Geochemicalenvironmental study of arsenic and antimony were carried out on soil samples from vein mineralization, stream sediments and agricultural land, as well as on drinking and springs waters from Arghash and Hassanabad villages. Arsenic and antimony are high in two parts of mineralized area as follows: 1) Gold-arsenic ± antimony vein mineralization in Cheshmehzard village. 2) Antimony-arsenic vein mineralization in southeast of Arghash village. These areas can be the source of environmental contamination in this region. The arsenic and antimony in the collected samples from agricultural land were in the range of standard (less than 40 and 10 ppm, respectively). Unfortunately, arsenic and antimony in the drinking water of Hassanabad village were more than 100 ppm and more than 1 ppm, respectively and they are dangerous to the people and wild life in the study area. These two heavy metals may cause cancer and skin problems for the people. Thus, it is recommended to supply the healthy drinking water for the people from nearby.

Subject List : mine pollution