Applied Mineralogy in the Mining Industry (eBook)

Front Cover 1
APPLIED MINERALOGY IN THE MINING INDUSTRY 4
Copyright Page 5
TABLE OF CONTENTS 11
PREFACE 6
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 9
CREDITS 10
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF APPLIED MINERALOGY 20
1.1. INTRODUCTION 20
1.2. APPLIED MINERALOGY INVESTIGATIONS 21
CHAPTER 2. INSTRUMENTS FOR PERFORMING APPLIED MINERALOGY STUDIES 46
2.1. INTRODUCTION 46
2.2. OPTICAL MICROSCOPES 47
2.3. X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETER 48
2.4. SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (SEM) WITH ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY ANALYSER (EDS) 50
2.5. ELECTRON MICROPROBE (MP) 53
2.6. PROTON INDUCED X-RAY EMISSION (PIXE) 55
2.7. SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETER (SIMS) AND (ToF-SIMS) 56
2.8. LASER IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETER (LIMS) AND ToF-LIMS 57
2.9. CATHODOLUMINESCENCE (CL) 58
2.10. INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY 62
2.11. IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEM 62
CHAPTER 3. MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PROCESSING OF MASSIVE SULFIDE BASE METAL ORES FROM THE BATHURST-NEWCASTLE MINING AREA 70
3.1. INTRODUCTION 70
3.2. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BATHURST-NEWCASTLE BASE METAL DEPOSITS 70
3.3. APPLIED MINERALOGY STUDIES OF BRUNSWICK No. 12 AND BRUNSWICK No. 6 ORES 76
3.4. APPLIED MINERALOGY STUDIES OF PRODUCTS FROM THE Cu-Pb ROUGHER CIRCUIT IN BMS CONCENTRATOR 83
3.5. SUMMARY 89
CHAPTER 4. VOLCANOGENIC BASE METAL DEPOSITS IN THE FLIN FLON-SNOW LAKE AREAS, MANITOBA, CANADA 92
4.1. INTRODUCTION 92
4.2. CHARACTERISTICS OF TROUT LAKE AND CALLINAN ORES 92
4.3. MINERALS IN TROUT LAKE AND CALLINAN ORES 104
4.4. MINERAL PROCESSING 109
4.5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 118
CHAPTER 5. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MINERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND FLOTABILITY 122
5.1. INTRODUCTION 122
5.2. FLOTABILITY OF CHALCOPYRITE-BEARING PARTICLES 122
5.3. NICKEL IN SERPENTINIZED ORE 126
CHAPTER 6. APPLIED MINERALOGY RELATED TO GOLD 130
6.1. INTRODUCTION 130
6.2. MINERALOGY 130
6.3. TEXTURES AND MICROSTRUCTURES 132
6.4. TYPES OF GOLD DEPOSITS 137
6.5. CHARACTERIZING GOLD ORE WITH RESPECT TO PROCESSING 141
6.6. PROCESSING GOLD ORES 145
6.7. SELECTED EXAMPLES OF CHARACTERIZING GOLD TAILINGS 151
CHAPTER 7. APPLIED MINERALOGY: PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS 154
7.1.INTRODUCTION 154
7.2. CHARACTERISTICS OF PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS 154
7.3. APPLIED MINERALOGY RELATED TO MINERAL PROCESSING 163
7.4. IDENTIFYING MINERALS 165
CHAPTER 8. MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PROCESSING OF IRON ORES 168
8.1 INTRODUCTION 168
8.2. IRON ORES IN THE LABRADOR TROUGH 168
8.3. O0LITIC IRON IN THE PEACE RIVER DEPOSIT 195
8.4. SUMMARY 199
CHAPTER 9. APPLIED MINERALOGY INVESTIGATIONS OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS 204
9.1 INTRODUCTION 204
9.2. GRAPHITE 205
9.3. TALC 209
9.4. WOLLASTONITE 211
9.5. GARNET 213
9.6. QUARTZ 214
9.7. METHOD OF CHARACTERIZING AIRBORNE DUSTS 217
CHAPTER 10. APPLIED MINERALOGY TO TAILINGS AND WASTE ROCK PILES - SULFIDE OXIDATION REACTIONS AND REMEDIATION OF ACIDIC WATER DRAINAGE 220
10.1. INTRODUCTION 220
10.2. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TAILINGS AND WASTE ROCK PILES 221
10.3. MINERALOGICAL STUDIES OF TAILINGS AND WASTE ROCK PILES 223
10.4. MINERALS 225
10.5. REACTIONS IN TAILINGS PILES 225
10.6. REMEDIATION AND PREVENTION OF ACIDIC DRAINAGE FROM MINE WASTES 237
10.7. SUMMARY 242
REFERENCES 246
SUBJECT INDEX 278
MINERAL INDEX 284