《金属矿滨海基岩的安全开采技术(英文期刊)》.pdfVIP

Trans. Nonferrous Met. Soc. China 22(2012) 725−730 Mineralogical characterization of tin-polymetallic ore occurred in Mengzi, Yunnan Province, China XU Yang-bao1, 2, QIN Wen-qing1, 2, LIU Hui1, 2 1. School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy of Ministry of Education, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China Received 2 April 2011; accepted 15 July 2011 Abstract: A detailed mineralogical characterization of a tin-polymetallic ore from Mengzi, Yunnan Province, China, was undertaken by automated electron microprobe-based mineral mapping and quantitative analysis methods. The results show that the most valuable metal is Sn (0.98%, mass fraction). The main tin minerals are cassiterite and stannite, which account for 94.90% of total tin. Other metals, such as Cu (0.261%), Zn (0.612%) and Pb (0.296%) can also be seen as valuable metal to be recovered. Minerals such as pyrrhotite, pyrite, arsenopyrite, sphalerite, galena and chalcopyrite are disseminated in the ore. Quartz, sericite and dolomite are the main gangue. The optimal grinding fineness should be chosen as 0.037 mm to make sure that most of the tin minerals can be liberated from other minerals. Key words: mineral characterization; tin minerals; cassiterite; stannite; particle size cost-effective processing routes to recover valuable 1 Introduction minerals from ore [5,7,8]. However, it is not quite