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1st ed. |
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1 online resource (xviii, 268 pages) : illustrations |
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| Summary |
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 So<INF>4</INF><SUP>-</SUP> 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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-257) and indexes. |
| Contents |
General principles of applied mineralogy -- Instruments for performing applied mineralogy studies -- Mineralogical characteristics and processing of massive sulfide base metal ores from the Bathurst-Newcastle mining area -- Volcanogenic base metal deposits in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake areas, Manitoba, Canada -- Relationships between mineral characteristics and flotability -- Applied mineralogy related to gold -- Applied mineralogy : porphyry copper deposits -- Mineralogical characteristics and processing of iron ores -- Applied mineralogy investigations of industrial minerals -- Applied mineralogy to tailings and waste rock piles-sulfide oxidation reactions and remediation of acidic water drainage. |
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Print version record. |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Mineralogy, Determinative.
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Mines and mineral resources.
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Minéralogie déterminative.
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Ressources minérales.
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NATURE -- Rocks & Minerals.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Mineralogy.
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Mineralogy, Determinative
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Mines and mineral resources
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Mineralogi.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Petruk, W., 1930- Applied mineralogy in the mining industry. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Science BV, 2000 0444500774 9780444500779 (DLC) 00062224 (OCoLC)44732374 |
| ISBN |
9780080527338 (electronic bk.) |
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0080527337 (electronic bk.) |
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1281047112 |
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9781281047113 |
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9786611047115 |
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6611047115 |
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9780444500779 |
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0444500774 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000048131190 |
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AU@ 000062578252 |
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DEBBG BV039831730 |
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DEBBG BV042309002 |
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DEBSZ 367772523 |
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NZ1 12432757 |
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NZ1 15191533 |
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