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Main Title Stream Pollution in the 'New Lead Belt' of S. E. Missouri.
Author Wixso, Bobby G. ; Che, Hong-Wen ;
CORP Author Missouri Water Resources Research Center, Columbia.
Year Published 1970
Report Number DI-14-01-0001-1845 ;DI-14-31-001-3025; OWRR-A-021-MO; 00627,; A-021-MO(1)
Stock Number PB-195 285
Additional Subjects ( Water pollution ; Mine waters) ; ( Chemical machining ; Water pollution) ; ( Xanthates ; Water pollution) ; ( Nutrients ; Mine waters) ; Fluorides ; Algae ; Spectroscopic analysis ; Lead ores ; Zinc ores ; Sampling ; Missouri ; Flotation ; Lead ; Zinc ; Copper ; Carbonic acid/dithio-O-(isopropyl-ester)-(sodium salt)
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NTIS  PB-195 285 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The project studied the effects of lead-zinc mining and milling pollution in the Viburnum Trend or 'New Lead Belt' of S.E. Missouri. Results obtained from the project included the following: Stream pollution below the mine discharge was mainly due to the growth of large algal mats of Oscillatoria and bacteria which appear to result from the discharge of sodium isopropyl xanthate in the milling waste water; Limits were established for the precipitation of lead, zinc, and copper in relationship to pH and other water quality parameters; The amount of fluorides, in the streams may be used as an indicator of mining water discharges; New techniques may be used to evaluate organic milling reagents in the water and in the biota; Diatoms may be used as biological indicators of mine waste water effects. (WRSIC abstract)