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Gypsum Amendment Induced Rapid Pyritization in Fe-Rich Mine Tailings from Doce River Estuary after the Fundao Dam Collapse

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Author(s):
Ferreira, Amanda D. [1] ; Queiroz, Hermano M. [1] ; Kaneagae, Maira P. [1] ; Nobrega, Gabriel N. [2] ; Otero, Xose L. [3] ; Bernardino, Angelo F. [4] ; Ferreira, Tiago O. [1]
Total Authors: 7
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Coll Agr Luiz Queiroz, Dept Soil Sci, ESALQ, USP, Av Padua Dias 11, BR-13418 Piracicaba, SP - Brazil
[2] Fed Fluminense Univ, Grad Program Geosci Geochem, Dept Geochem, Outeiro Sao Joao Batista S-N, Campus Valonguinho, BR-24020 Niteroi, RJ - Brazil
[3] Univ Santiago de Compostela, Fac Biol, Dept Edaphol & Agr Chem CRETUS, Campus Sur, Santiago De Compostela 15782 - Spain
[4] Univ Fed Espirito Santo, Dept Oceanog, Grp Ecol Benton, BR-29075910 Vitoria, ES - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: MINERALS; v. 11, n. 2 FEB 2021.
Web of Science Citations: 4
Abstract

Mine tailings containing trace metals arrived at the Doce River estuary, after the world's largest mine tailings disaster (the Mariana disaster) dumped approximately 50 million m(3) of Fe-rich tailings into the Doce River Basin. The metals in the tailings are of concern because they present a bioavailability risk in the estuary as well as chronic exposure hazards. Trace metal immobilization into sulfidic minerals, such as, pyrite, plays a key role in estuarine soils; however, this process is limited in the Doce River estuarine soil due to low sulfate inputs. Thus, to assess the use of gypsum amendment to induce pyritization in deposited tailings, a mesocosm experiment was performed for 35 days, with vinasse added as carbon source and doses of gypsum (as a sulfate source). Chemical and morphological evidence of Fe sulfide mineral precipitation was observed. For instance, the addition of 439 mg of S led to the formation of gray and black spots, an Fe2+ increase and decrease in sulfides in the solution, an increase in pyritic Fe, and a greater Pb immobilization by pyrite at the end of the experiment. The results show that induced pyritization may be a strategy for remediating metal contamination at the Doce River estuary. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 19/14800-5 - Estuarine plants and their control in metals biogeochemistry in soils impacted by the `Mariana disaster´
Grantee:Amanda Duim Ferreira
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 19/19987-6 - Soils and plants of the Rio Doce estuary controlling the biogeochemistry of iron and metals in response to the Mariana (MG) disaster
Grantee:Tiago Osório Ferreira
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
FAPESP's process: 18/04259-2 - Iron biogeochemistry and its control on dynamics of trace metals in the soils of Doce River estuary after the "Mariana disaster"
Grantee:Hermano Melo Queiroz
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 18/08408-2 - Comparative studies of the mineral transformation of iron oxide nanoparticles in mine-tailing affected sediments and soils and their impacts on mobilization and fixation of heavy metals under two contrasting redox environments
Grantee:Tiago Osório Ferreira
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
FAPESP's process: 20/06224-1 - River Doce estuary soil remediation through metals immobilization through pyritization with gypsum and vinasse
Grantee:Maíra Pereira Kanegae
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation