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Characteristics of Asbestos Occurrence in the Vicinity of Serpentine Mines in the Western Part of Chungnam: A Study Based on the Hongseong and Bibong Mine Areas

충남 서부 사문석 광산 인근에서의 석면 산출 특성: 홍성 및 비봉광산을 중심으로

  • Seokhwan Song (Department of Civil Engineering, Joongbu University)
  • 송석환 (중부대학교 토목공학과)
  • Received : 2023.10.30
  • Accepted : 2023.12.07
  • Published : 2023.12.30
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Abstract

Asbestos minerals are found at rocks and soils of the Hongseong and Bibong serpentine mines, western part of Chungnam. The area consists of and metasediment, and Mesozoic igneous intrusives with minor age-known gneiss complexes and Mesozoic sediments. With detailed geological investigations, rock samples for the serpentinite and amphibolite areas are collected at sites containing asbestos. Representative asbestos and rock samples are analysed by PLM, XRD, SEM and EPMA. Serpentinites are found as steeply dipping faults with adjacent gneiss complex to the NNE direction. Repeated alteration, including serpenitization and talcification, is found at the emplacement direction for the serpentinite body. Amphibollites occur as intrusives and stratiforms within the Precambrian gneiss complex. Serpentinite and amphibolite (or amphibole schist) contain amphiboles either as asbestiform or non-asbestiform. Varying amounts of asbestos minerals, including chrysotile, tremolite asbestos and actinolite asbestos, are found within the serpentinites. The asbestos minerals are found near the cracks or fractures and along the bedding plane. They occur as cross fiber, slip fiber and mass fiber types. Varying amounts of amphibole asbestos minerals, such as tremolite and actinolite asbestos, are found within amphibolites and as a mass fiber type. Overall results suggest that rocks of the serpentine mines contain serpentine and amphibole type asbestos minerals originated from the hydrothermal alteration. Considering construction nearby the mines and environmental risks by the asbestos, additional land management plans are required.

충남 서부 홍성 및 비봉 사문석 광산의 암석 및 토양에는 석면이 산출된다. 이 지역은 기반암인 선캠브리아기의 편마암류 및 변성퇴적암류가 있고, 이들 암체를 관입하는 중생대의 화성암류, 그리고 시대 미상의 편마암류, 중생대 퇴적암류로 구성되어 있다. 상세한 지질조사와 더불어 사문암과 각섬암 시료를 채취하였고, 석면으로 추정되는 부분에서 광물시료도 채취하였다. 이들 중 대표시료에 대해 PLM, XRD, SEM, EPMA 분석을 실시하였다. 사문암은 급경사 단층으로 인접한 편마암 및 변성퇴적암과 NNE 방향을 이루며 발견되고 있고, 반복적인 사문암화와 활석화 작용이 사문암의 정치 방향에 따라 발생하였다. 각섬암은 선캠브리아기의 복합체내에서 관입암 또는 층상으로 산출된다. 사문암 및 각섬암에서 각섬석은 석면형 또는 비석면형으로 산출된다. 사문암들은 백석면과 트레모라이트 석면, 악티노라이트 석면을 포함하는데, 이 석면들은 단구, 벽개, 층상면을 따라 발견이 되고 산출상은 교차, 미끄럼, 덩어리 형이다. 각섬암들에는 트레모라이트 석면, 악티노라이트 석면이 덩어리 형으로 산출된다. 전체적인 결과 사문석 광산에서 온 암석들은 사문석계와 각섬석계 석면을 포함하며 이는 열수의 변질에 기인 한 것이다. 광산 지역의 건설상황 및 석면의 환경적 위해성을 고려시 추가적인 토지 관리 방안이 필요하다.

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