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Title: | Quantitative Mineralogical Comparison between HPGR and Ball Mill Products of a Sn-Ta Ore |
Author: | Ahmad Hamid, Sarbast Alfonso Abella, María Pura Anticoi, Hernan Guasch, Eduard Oliva, Josep Dosbaba, Marek Garcia Vallès, Maite Chugunova, Marina |
Keywords: | Mineralogia Jaciments minerals Mineralogy Mineral deposits |
Issue Date: | 11-Apr-2018 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Abstract: | The mineralogy and liberation characteristics of the comminuted Penouta leucogranite host of the Sn-Ta ore were determined. Grinding developed by a combination of high-pressure grinding rolls (HPGR) followed by a ball mill (BM) was compared with a single ball mill process. The mineral characteristics of the grinding products were analyzed using a Tescan Integrated Mineralogical Analyzer (TIMA-X) and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD). The ore contains 103 ppm of Ta and is mainly composed of quartz, albite, microcline, muscovite, and kaolinite. Nb, Ta-rich minerals are columbite-(Mn) and tantalite-(Mn), as well as minor microlite and wodginite. The liberation in the product is high in the size fraction of less than 250 m (51-52 wt % for columbite-group minerals (CGM) and 74-80 wt % for cassiterite) and reduced in larger particles (8.8-17 wt % for CGM and 28-37 wt % for cassiterite). The recovery in the 250 m fraction was high, while in the larger fraction it is limited, remaining up to 80 ppm in some tailings. The combined use of HPGR and a BM reduces the particle size distribution of the product and, thus, increases the liberation of the ores. Smaller fractions can be treated directly using gravity methods; however, particles of a size greater than +250 m should be ground more. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/min8040151 |
It is part of: | Minerals, 2018, vol. 8, num. 4, p. 151 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/122983 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.3390/min8040151 |
ISSN: | 2075-163X |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada) |
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