Table 3.
Calculated weathering and pollution indices.
| Sample | CIW | PIA |
Igeo |
CF |
CD | PLI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cu | Pb | Zn | As | Cu | Pb | Zn | As | |||||
| A-1 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 83 | 73 | 68 | 227 | 35 |
| A-2 | 51 | 49 | 0.7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 14 | 60 | 11 |
| A-3 | 67 | 64 | 0.3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 6 |
| A-4 | 71 | 69 | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 30 | 6 |
| A-5 | 77 | 75 | −0.7 | −0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 5.1 | 1.2 |
| A-6 | 74 | 72 | −0.6 | −0.6 | −0.3 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 4.9 | 1.2 |
| A-7 | 77 | 76 | −0.7 | −0.6 | −1.4 | −2.1 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 0.6 |
| A-8 | 81 | 80 | −0.4 | −0.4 | −1.2 | −2.7 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 0.7 |
∗Note: Operating ASGM site (A-1 and A-2), historic ASGM site (A-3 and A-4) and ‘control’ sites (A-5 to A-8).