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Mining and metallurgy generate residues that may contain thallium (Tl), a highly toxic metal, for which it is currently not feasible to determine its geochemical speciation through X-ray absorption spectroscopy due to a combination of very low contents and the interference of accompanying high arsenic contents. Therefore, fractionation studies in residues and soils are required to analyze the mobility and bioavailability of this metal, which in turn provide information to infer its speciation. For this purpose, in this work a modification of the BCR procedure was applied to residues and contaminated soils from three mining zones of Mexico and two mining zones of Spain, spanning samples with acidic to alkaline pH values. The Tl extraction procedure consisted of the following fractions: (1) water-extractable, (2) easily exchangeable and associated to carbonates, associated to (3) poorly-crystalline and (4) crystalline Fe and Mn oxyhydroxides, and (5) associated to organic matter and sulfides; and finally a residual fraction as associated to refractory primary and other secondary minerals. The extracted contents were analyzed by Inductively-Coupled Plasma with Mass Spectrometry. Surprisingly, water-soluble, in Tl(I) oxidation state, was detected in most areas, regardless of the pH, a fact that has not been reported before in these environments, and alerts to potential health risks not previously identified. Most of the samples from a metallurgy area showed high levels of Tl in non-residual fractions and a strong correlation was obtained between extracted Mn and Tl in the third fraction, suggesting its association to poorly crystalline manganese oxides. In the majority of samples from purely mining environments, most of the Tl was found in the residual fraction, most probably bound to alumino-silicate minerals. The remaining Tl fractions were extracted mainly associated to the reducible mineral fractions, and in one case also in the oxidizable fraction (presumably assoc

Se presenta el análisis mineralógico y geoquímico de un xenolito granítico encontrado en brechas volcánicas del Holoceno ubicadas en Arócutin, en la ribera sur del Lago de Pátzcuaro, Michoacán. La roca portadora es una andesita basáltica con fenocristales de olivino y plagioclasa, y matriz compuesta por esos minerales, además de vidrio, óxidos y escaso ortopiroxeno, así como vidrio y Cr-espinela como inclusiones en olivino. La muestra exhibe concentraciones de elementos mayores, traza y REE típicos de magmas calcialcalinos, las culaes son similares a las de otras rocas con alto contenido de magnesio del Campo Volcánico Michoacán-Guanajuato (CVMG). En particular se observa una clara analogía con las lavas enriquecidas en SiO2 y empobrecidas en MgO del Volcán Parícutin emplazadas post-1947. Con base en la reacción de intercambio Fe-Mg entre olivino y la matriz, se estimaron temperaturas entre 965 y 1,149 °C, y valores de fugacidad de oxígeno (-log ¿O2) entre 6.25 y 7.8. La abundancia de xenocristales en el afl oramiento, aunada a las evidencias de fusión parcial del xenolito granítico, así como una importante variación composicional y textural en los vidrios de la andesita basáltica y del xenolito sugieren un proceso de asimilación cortical asociado a cristalización fraccionada durante la formación de los magmas de Arócutin. Se discute brevemente la correlación regional del xenolito de Arócutin como una evidencia adicional que indica que el vulcanismo monogenético del CVMG puede tener una estrecha relación con la asimilación parcial de un substrato cortical poco profundo.