Applied Mineralogy in the Mining Industry
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Applied Mineralogy in the Mining Industry

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Applied Mineralogy in the Mining Industry

About this book

Techniques of performing applied mineralogy investigations, and applications and capabilities of recently developed instruments for measuring mineral properties are explored in this book intended for practicing applied mineralogists, students in mineralogy and metallurgy, and mineral processing engineers.The benefits of applied mineralogy are presented by using in-depth applied mineralogy studies on base metal ores, gold ores, porphyry copper ores, iron ores and industrial minerals as examples. The chapter on base metal ores includes a discussion on the effects of liberation, particle sizes and surfaces coatings of Pb, Cu, Fe, Ca and So4- on the recoveries of sphalerite, galena and chalcopyrite. The chapter on gold discusses various methods of determining the quantities of gold in different minerals, including 'invisible' gold in pyrite and arsenopyrite, so that a balance of the distribution of gold among the minerals can be calculated. This book also discusses the roles of pyrite, oxygen, moisture and bacterial (thiobacillus ferrooxidans) on reactions that produce acidic drainage from tailings piles, and summarizes currently used and proposed methods of remediation of acidic drainage.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. APPLIED MINERALOGY IN THE MINING INDUSTRY
  3. Copyright Page
  4. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  5. PREFACE
  6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  7. CREDITS
  8. CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF APPLIED MINERALOGY
  9. CHAPTER 2. INSTRUMENTS FOR PERFORMING APPLIED MINERALOGY STUDIES
  10. CHAPTER 3. MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PROCESSING OF MASSIVE SULFIDE BASE METAL ORES FROM THE BATHURST-NEWCASTLE MINING AREA
  11. CHAPTER 4. VOLCANOGENIC BASE METAL DEPOSITS IN THE FLIN FLON-SNOW LAKE AREAS, MANITOBA, CANADA
  12. CHAPTER 5. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MINERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND FLOTABILITY
  13. CHAPTER 6. APPLIED MINERALOGY RELATED TO GOLD
  14. CHAPTER 7. APPLIED MINERALOGY: PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS
  15. CHAPTER 8. MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PROCESSING OF IRON ORES
  16. CHAPTER 9. APPLIED MINERALOGY INVESTIGATIONS OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
  17. CHAPTER 10. APPLIED MINERALOGY TO TAILINGS AND WASTE ROCK PILES - SULFIDE OXIDATION REACTIONS AND REMEDIATION OF ACIDIC WATER DRAINAGE
  18. SUBJECT INDEX
  19. MINERAL INDEX