[Rockhounds] The Toxic Legacy of the Gold Rush

[Paul]

In [Rockhounds] The Toxic Legacy of the Gold Rush,

Kreigh Tomaszewski posted:

Almost 175 years after the Gold Rush began, Californians

are left holding the bag for thousands of abandoned mines.

By Leah Campbell, Gizmodo, May 14, 2023

https://gizmodo.com/california-gold-rush-abandoned-mines-toxic-superfund-1850428984

Some papers about theArgonaut Mine mentioned in the article:


Alpers, C.N., 2017. Arsenic and mercury

contamination related to historical gold mining

in the Sierra Nevada, California. Geochemistry:

Exploration, Environment, Analysis, 17(2), pp.92-100.

https://i2mconsulting.com/clients/tailings-ponds-research/Arsenic%20and%20mercury%20contamination%20related%20to%20historical%20gold92.full.pdf

The Toxic Legacy of the Gold Rush

https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/147598

https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/147598/campbell-leahcamp-sm-21w-2022-thesis.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Brown Jr, G.E., Foster, A.L. and Ostergren, J.D., 1999.

Mineral surfaces and bioavailability of heavy metals: a

molecular-scale perspective. Proceedings of the National

Academy of Sciences, 96(7), pp.3388-3395.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/13194250_Mineral_Surfaces_and_Bioavailability_of_Heavy_Metals_A_Molecular-Scale_Perspective

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gordon-Brown/2


Yours,


Paul H.