Evaluating the Comparative Variabilities of Metallic Concentrations in Fanalou and Freedom Surface Mines, Ikpeshi, Edo State, Nigeria

• Authors: Cyril Olumuyiwa Amosu
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study identified and compared the concentration of selected heavy metallic ions on two surface mines, as found in the collected water and soil/sand samples at various drainage pits of the mine fields, by applying the method of Atomic Adsorption Spectrophotometry (AAS) principle. The results showed that the average concentration in the sampled water in Fanalou/Freedom are: Mg2+ (± 32.10 / ± 46.70 mg/L), SO42- (± 1280.00 / ± 1642.67 mg/L), and Clˉ (± 29.27 / ± 35.36 mg/L); and in the sampled soil/sand Fanalou/Freedom are Mg2+ (± 250.500 / ± 152.200 ppm), Mn2+ (± 4.120 / ± 1.940 ppm), Pb2+ (± 1.062 / ± 1.233 ppm), Fe3+ (± 2.510 / ± 2.036 ppm), Ni2+ (± 1.5732 / ± 1.573 ppm), and SO42- (± 224.00 / ± 352.00 ppm). The variation for mean ionic composition from both fields have SO42- to be the highest, followed by Mg2+ and Fe2+ to be the lowest, and followed by Ni2+ in the soil/sand samples; also, SO42- was the highest, followed by Mg2+, and Ni2+ to be the lowest, followed by Pb2+ in the water samples. This correlation of the amount of ionic concentration confirms a potential threat spreading around the axis of the Ikpeshi region.

Keywords

EN

Drainage Pits; Fanalou; Freedom; Ikpeshi; Metallic Concentration; Samples; Surface Mines

Discipline

• GEOLOGY: GEOLOGY

• Publisher: Scientific Publishing House „DARWIN”
• Journal: World News of Natural Sciences
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 44
• Pages: 275-293

Contributors

author

Cyril Olumuyiwa Amosu

• Department of Mineral and Petroleum Engineering, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, Nigeria

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