ManganeseDeposits.pptVIP

Manganese Deposits ?2009 Dr. B. C. Paul Acknowledgement is given to the following sources, USBureau of Mines, USGS, Locations of Major Manganese Deposits Typical Formation Location for Sedimentary Manganese Deposits Commercial Deposits Many of todays deposits have had lateritic weathering Manganese minerals often in hard clusters Lots of silica and clay like fines Tonnage of Typical Sedimentary Manganese Deposits Typical Ore Grades Pyrolusite Manganite Hausmannite Braunite Rhodochrosite Rhodenite Psilomelane Franklinite Manganese Deposits Can Also Be Volcanic Related Manganese rich solutions coming from vent zones on the ocean floor These can be scooped up on to continents Volcanic Associated Deposits are Distinctly Smaller Grades are Higher Lastly Manganese Can Be Deposited in Veins from moving hot fluids. Grade Tends to be Only in the 30th percent range. Processing Because a lot of deposits are Laterites First take advantage of larger size and hardness of the good stuff Do some light crushing Then do some screening Silica tends to be in smaller pieces Then try to wash away the fines The Log Washer Gravity Recovery of Fines Silica is light Manganese minerals heavy Use things like jigs and spirals What is it Used for? What is the Production and Reserves? What is it Worth? * ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Median size is 7.3 Million metric tonnes Big ones can be 280,000,000 metric tonnes Grades tend be in the lower to mid 30’s as a percent. MnO2 S.G. 4.4 - 5.06, Average = 4.73 Hardness 6-6.5 Color Steel gray, Iron gray, Bluish gray. Fluorescence – None Magnetic No Manganese 63.19% MnO(OH) S.G. 4.3 - 4.4, Average = 4.34 Hardness 4 Color Black, Gray, Grayish black. Fluorescence – None Magnetic No Manganese 62.47% Mn3O4 S.G. 4.7 - 4.84, Average = 4.76 Hardness 5.5 Color Brownish black, Grayish. Fluorescence None Magnetic No Manganese 72.03% Mn7SiO12 S.G. 4.72 - 4.82