Analysis of the Natural and Technogenic Dump and Quarry Complex of the Blyavinsky Deposit of the Southern Urals
摘要
The analysis of landscape-geochemical complexes of the Blyavinsky pyrite-type copper deposit in the Southern Urals has been performed. The field is preserved and represents a technogenic landscape that arose as a result of the exploitation of the field. The purpose of this study is to analyze the landscape and geochemical features of the Blyavinsky copper-pyrite deposit quarry-dump complex. The objectives of this study are as follows: assessment of the concentration of chemical elements in natural and technogenic components (dump, quarry waters and vegetation) of the technogeosystem of the Blyavinsky field; identification of key regularities in the formation of geochemical facies – landscape-exposition layering and paradynamic geofields; identifying the possibilities of systemic reclamation based on the redistribution of the content of chemical elements. When identifying landscape-geochemical facies of technogenic origin, we used the analysis of the vertical and horizontal structures of technogeosystems using route and semi-stationary methods of organizing field work and modeling landscape catenas and geofields. The instrumental determination of chemical elements in geochemical samples was carried out by atomic emission analysis on an ICP-5000 spectrometer (Focused Photonics Inc.). The analysis resulted in the determination of 44 chemical elements by the atomic emission method. Based on the analysis of the vertical structure of technogeosystems and the concentration of chemical elements, the characteristics of the geochemical features of 3 identified landscape-geochemical facies of technogenic origin are given: positive transeluvial at the western dump (III), transeluvial and locally accumulative positive at the western and southern dumps (IV), and transeluvial sharp-negative in the quarry of the Blyavinsky deposit (VII). The results obtained make it possible to interpret the main technogenic migration flows, which contributes to the systematic nature of their reclamation. It has been established that the Blyavinsky landscape-geochemical complexes represent a geochemical anomaly.