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  5. Molecular speciation of Ge within sphalerite, hemimorphite, and quartz from mine waste from the Tar Creek Superfund Site, Tri-State Mining District, Oklahoma, U.S.A.

Molecular speciation of Ge within sphalerite, hemimorphite, and quartz from mine waste from the Tar Creek Superfund Site, Tri-State Mining District, Oklahoma, U.S.A.

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2022

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White, S.J.O., Piatak, N.M., McAleer, R.J., Hayes, S.M., Seal, R.R. II, Schaider, L.A., Shine, J.P., Green, C.J., Hoppe, D.A., and Croke, M.R., 2022, Molecular speciation of Ge within sphalerite, hemimorphite, and quartz from mine waste from the Tar Creek Superfund Site, Tri-State Mining District, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HI7VKH.

Summary

Oxidation state and bonding environment of Ge in minerals within mine waste from sampled historical waste piles from the Tar Creek Superfund Site, Oklahoma, U.S. were determined by linear combination fits from x-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES) analysis. Ge content in quartz within these wastes was determined using XANES edge steps, and Ge content in sphalerite was compared using XANES edge steps versus electron microprobe analyses. Data and methods reported are part of a research study published here: White, S.J.O., Piatak, N.M., McAleer, R.J., Hayes. S.M., Seal, R.R. II, Schaider, L.A., Shine, J.P. Germanium redistribution during weathering of Zn mine wastes: implications for environmental mobility and recovery of [...]

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Point of Contact :
Sarah Jane O White
Originator :
Sarah Jane O White, Nadine M Piatak, Ryan J McAleer, Sarah M Hayes, Robert R Seal, Laurel A Schaider, James P Shine, Carlin J Green, Darryl A Hoppe, Mary R Croke
Metadata Contact :
Mary R Croke
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
USGS Mission Area :
Energy and Minerals
SDC Data Owner :
Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center

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Product_10.5066P9HI7VKH_METADATA.xml
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LCFs.csv 741 Bytes text/csv
Quartz Calibration.csv 169 Bytes text/csv
Sphalerite.csv 1,015 Bytes text/csv

Purpose

Data were obtained to determine the oxidation state and bonding environment of Ge within host minerals in mine wastes from the Tar Creek Superfund Site in Oklahoma, U.S., an historical zinc and lead mining area. Ultimately these data are a part of a greater characterization of the environmental behavior of germanium (Ge) and potential for recovery from mine wastes.

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