After an in-situ leaching of weathered crust elution-deposited rare earth ores with ammonium sulfate, the obtained tailings were taken to explore the variation of water content, pH value, Zeta potential with sampling depth, and then the total nitrogen content, nitric nitrogen, ammonium nitrogen and the main co-existing ions were also analyzed. The results indicate that the tailings samples were all acidic, and both water content and Zeta potential decreased with increasing of sampling depth. The residual ammonium salt in the ore body mainly exists in the form of water-soluble ammonium (11%-33%), and ion-exchange ammonium (59%-87%) in ammonium nitrogen, presenting the highest content in middle layer and the lowest content in surface layer. XRD analysis reveals that the content of clay minerals in the rare earth tailings positively correlated with the content of residual ammonium. In addition, high content of organic matter in the surface layer of the ore body leads to the highest content of co-existing cations Al3+ and RE3+ in the surface layer; while as for the ore body at deeper position, the content of co-existing cations Al3+ and RE3+ decreases obviously, and the co-existing anions SO42- and Cl- present an opposite variation trend.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |