development and calibration of a quantitative, automated mineralogical assessment method based on sem-eds and image analysis application for fine tailings开发和校准定量、自动基于能谱矿物学的评估方法为细粒尾矿和图像分析应用程序.pdfVIP

Journal of Minerals Materials Characterization Engineering, Vol. 10, No.12, pp.1111-1130, 2011 Printed in the USA. All rights reserved Development and Calibration of a Quantitative, Automated Mineralogical Assessment Method Based on SEM-EDS and Image Analysis: Application for Fine Tailings 1,2 1 3 3 1 R. Mermillod-Blondin *, M. Benzaazoua , M. Kongolo , P. de Donato , B. Bussière , P. Marion3 1NSERC Industrial Polytechnique-UQAT Chair, 445, boul. de l’Université, Rouyn-Noranda (Qc), Canada, J9X 5E4. 2 Present address: Agnico-Eagle Mines, 20 route 395, Cadillac (Qc), Canada, J0Y 1C0 3LEM, UMR 7569 CNRS INPL, Pôle de lEau, 15 avenue du Charmois - BP 40, 54501 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France. *Corresponding Author: raphael.mermillod-blondin@ ABSTRACT Quantitative mineralogy has seen significant developments from the combination of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with automatic image analysis and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS). The mining industry is one of the fields that has benefited from this progress. In this paper, the authors present a newly developed quantitative method based on SEM-EDS and image analysis (IA), which is used to determine the mineralogical and environmental characteristics of mine tailings. The main objectives of the method are to be able to characterize sulphides and carbonates as monomineral particles, which control the acid generation from the tailings. Pure sulphides, calcite and quartz were blended to make mineralogical standards that