| Preface |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Credits |
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General Principles of Applied Mineralogy |
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1 | (1) |
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Applied Mineralogy Investigations |
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2 | (25) |
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Identifying minerals and determining mineral compositions |
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3 | (1) |
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Main minerals of economic value and gangue |
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4 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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5 | (1) |
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Secondary copper minerals |
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5 | (1) |
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5 | (1) |
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5 | (1) |
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Minerals in greisen-type tin-tungsten deposits |
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6 | (1) |
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Minerals in porphyry-copper ores |
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7 | (1) |
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7 | (1) |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (1) |
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9 | (2) |
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Ground or powdered materials |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (4) |
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Stereological corrections |
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16 | (4) |
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Measurements of mineral liberations in sieved fractions and unsieved samples |
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20 | (2) |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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Dominant mineral technique |
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24 | (1) |
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Average composition of average particle |
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24 | (1) |
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Proportion of mineral in contact with other minerals |
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25 | (1) |
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Surface coatings on particles |
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25 | (1) |
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25 | (2) |
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Instruments for Performing Applied Mineralogy Studies |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (1) |
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29 | (2) |
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Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with Energy Dispersive X-Ray Analyser (EDS) |
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31 | (3) |
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34 | (1) |
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34 | (2) |
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Proton Induced X-Ray Emission (PIXE) |
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36 | (1) |
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Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer (SIMS) and (ToF-SIMS) |
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37 | (1) |
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Laser Ionization Mass Spectrometer (LIMS) and ToF-LIMS |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (4) |
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43 | (1) |
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43 | (8) |
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44 | (1) |
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Scanning electron microscope (SEM) or microprobe (MP) |
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45 | (1) |
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Discrimination by grey levels (grey level images) |
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45 | (1) |
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Discrimination by mineral compositions (several minerals with same grey levels) |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (1) |
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47 | (1) |
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Preparing binary images of minerals for measurement |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (1) |
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Size distributions of minerals |
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48 | (1) |
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Grain shapes and grain boundary irregularities |
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49 | (1) |
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49 | (1) |
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49 | (1) |
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Applications of image analysis to on-line control |
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49 | (2) |
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Mineralogical Characteristics and Processing of Massive Sulfide Base Metal Ores from the Bathurst-Newcastle Mining Area |
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51 | (1) |
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General Characteristics of Bathurst-Newcastle Base Metal Deposits |
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51 | (6) |
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Mineralogical characteristics |
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52 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (1) |
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Applied Mineralogy Studies of Brunswick No. 12 and Brunswick No. 6 Ores |
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57 | (7) |
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Size distributions and mineral liberations |
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58 | (5) |
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63 | (1) |
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Applied Mineralogy Studies of Products from the Cu-Pb Rougher Circuit in BMS Concentrator |
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64 | (6) |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (1) |
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66 | (4) |
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70 | (3) |
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Volcanogenic Base Metal Deposits in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake Areas, Manitoba, Canada |
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73 | (1) |
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Characteristics of Trout Lake and Callinan Ores |
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73 | (12) |
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77 | (1) |
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Massive sphalerite (MS) ore type |
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77 | (1) |
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Banded pyrite + sphalerite (BP+S) ore type |
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77 | (1) |
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Massive pyrite (MP) ore type |
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77 | (1) |
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Mixed/banded chalcopyrite + sphalerite (M/BC+S) ore type |
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78 | (1) |
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Sheared chalcopyrite + sphalerite (SC+S) ore type |
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79 | (1) |
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Massive chalcopyrite + pyrrhotite (MC+P) ore type |
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79 | (2) |
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Vein quartz and chalcopyrite (VQ+C) ore type |
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81 | (1) |
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Chalcopyrite stringer (CS) ore type |
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81 | (1) |
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Disseminated pyrite and chalcopyrite (DP+C) ore type |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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83 | (1) |
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Sheared pyrrhotite ore type |
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83 | (2) |
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Minerals in Trout Lake and Callinan Ores |
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85 | (5) |
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85 | (1) |
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85 | (2) |
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87 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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88 | (1) |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (9) |
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91 | (1) |
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91 | (4) |
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95 | (1) |
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95 | (1) |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (4) |
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Relationships Between Mineral Characteristics and Flotability |
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103 | (1) |
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Flotability of Chalcopyrite-Bearing Particles |
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103 | (4) |
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Chalcopyrite in a base metal ore |
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103 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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Characteristics of chalcopyrite in cleaner flotation tails of a commercial concentrator |
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105 | (2) |
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Nickel in Serpentinized Ore |
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107 | (4) |
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109 | (2) |
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Applied Mineralogy Related to Gold |
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111 | (1) |
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111 | (2) |
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Textures and Microstructures |
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113 | (5) |
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Gold in fractures and microfractures in rocks, and in veinlets and microveinlets in minerals |
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113 | (2) |
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Gold in interstitial spaces between mineral grains and at borders of mineral grains |
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115 | (1) |
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Encapsulated gold in a host mineral |
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115 | (1) |
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Submicroscopic gold associated with framboidal pyrite |
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115 | (3) |
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Submicroscopic gold associated with very fine-grained clay minerals |
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118 | (1) |
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118 | (1) |
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118 | (4) |
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119 | (1) |
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Gold in Carlin-type deposits |
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119 | (1) |
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Gold in volcanogenic massive sulfide base metal deposits |
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120 | (1) |
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Gold associated with prophyry copper deposits |
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121 | (1) |
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Gold in conglomerate (Witwatersrand-type) deposits |
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121 | (1) |
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121 | (1) |
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Characterizing Gold Ore with Respect to Processing |
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122 | (4) |
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Selecting samples and fractions for analysis |
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122 | (1) |
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Assaying the sample and fractions |
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123 | (1) |
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123 | (1) |
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Determining mineral contents |
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123 | (1) |
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Proportion of exposed and encapsulated gold in each sieved fraction |
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124 | (1) |
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Amount of cyanidable gold |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (1) |
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`Invisible' gold (microbeam analysis and staining) |
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125 | (1) |
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Calculating mineral balance for gold among different minerals |
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126 | (1) |
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126 | (6) |
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126 | (1) |
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127 | (1) |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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Volcanogenic massive sulfide base metal deposits |
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131 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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131 | (1) |
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Selected Examples of Characterizing Gold Tailings |
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132 | (3) |
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Gold in tailings from David Bell circuit, Teck-Corona, Hemlo, Ontario |
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132 | (1) |
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Gold tailings, Nor Acme Mine, Snow Lake, Manitoba |
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132 | (3) |
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Applied Mineralogy: Porphyry Copper Deposits |
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135 | (1) |
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Characteristics of Porphyry Copper Deposits |
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135 | (9) |
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136 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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Distribution of other minerals |
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139 | (1) |
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Hypogene and alteration non-metallic minerals |
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140 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (1) |
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Depth of porphyry copper system |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (1) |
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142 | (1) |
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Mineralogy of blanket zone |
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143 | (1) |
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Applied Mineralogy Related to Mineral Processing |
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144 | (2) |
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Mineralogical characterization of intensely oxidized ores |
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144 | (1) |
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Mineralogical characterization of partly oxidized ores |
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144 | (1) |
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Mineralogical characterization of primary ores |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (3) |
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Mineralogical Characteristics and Processing of Iron Ores |
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149 | (1) |
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Iron Ores in the Labrador Trough |
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149 | (27) |
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Characteristics of the ores |
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149 | (1) |
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Ores of the Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC), Labrador City, Newfoundland |
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150 | (1) |
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Ores in the Wabush deposits |
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150 | (1) |
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Ores in the Mount Wright deposits |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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Psilomelane (Mn oxide with 40 to 50 wt % Mn) |
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154 | (1) |
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Wad (Mn oxide with 18 to 22 wt % Mn) |
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154 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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A case history: determining mineral characteristics that affect mineral processing of IOC ores |
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155 | (1) |
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Mineral characteristics of ore and concentrator products |
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156 | (4) |
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Pilot plant tests and mineralogical characteristics of products |
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160 | (5) |
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Modifications to IOC plant |
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165 | (1) |
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Mineralogical characteristics of ore from the Wabush Deposits |
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166 | (6) |
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Mineralogical Characteristics of ore from the Mount Wright deposits and evaluation of QCM concentrator |
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172 | (4) |
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Oolitic iron ore in the Peace River Deposit |
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176 | (4) |
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Mineralogical characteristics of the Peace River iron deposits |
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176 | (3) |
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Laboratory mineral processing tests |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (5) |
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180 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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Minette-type Peace River ironstone |
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182 | (3) |
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Applied Mineralogy Investigations of Industrial Minerals |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (4) |
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A case history of characterizing a graphite ore |
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186 | (1) |
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187 | (1) |
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187 | (2) |
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Interpretation of Results |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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Beneficiation improvement |
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190 | (1) |
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190 | (2) |
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Applied Mineralogy in exploration |
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190 | (1) |
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Applied Mineralogy related to mineral processing |
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191 | (1) |
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Applied mineralogy in quality control of cosmetic products |
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192 | (1) |
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192 | (2) |
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A case history of characterizing a wollastonite ore |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (1) |
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Mineralogical study of a garnet deposit |
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195 | (1) |
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195 | (3) |
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Mineralogical study of quartz |
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196 | (1) |
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Characterizing quartz with respect to manufacturing silicon and ferrosilicon |
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197 | (1) |
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Method of Characterizing Airborne Dusts |
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198 | (3) |
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Applied Mineralogy to Tailings and Waste Rock Piles - Sulfide Oxidation Reactions and Remediation of Acidic Water Drainage |
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201 | (1) |
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General Characteristics of Tailings and Waste Rock Piles |
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202 | (2) |
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Mineralogical Studies of Tailings and Waste Rock Piles |
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204 | (2) |
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204 | (1) |
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Sampling and method of analysis |
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204 | (2) |
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206 | (1) |
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Reactions in Tailings Piles |
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206 | (12) |
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Oxidation of sulfide minerals |
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206 | (2) |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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Dissolution of Carbonate minerals |
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210 | (1) |
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Dissolution of aluminum hydroxides, aluminosilicates and silicates |
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210 | (2) |
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Precipitation of secondary minerals |
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212 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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Melanterite (Fe2+SO47H2O)) |
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212 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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Less soluble sulfate minerals |
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213 | (1) |
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Insoluble ferric oxhydroxides and sulfates |
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213 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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Ferrihydrite (Fe2O3.9H2O) |
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213 | (1) |
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Schwertmannite (Fe8O8SO4 (OH)6) |
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213 | (1) |
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Jarosite (KFe3(SO4)2(OH)6) |
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213 | (1) |
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Precipitation of arsenic-bearing minerals |
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214 | (1) |
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Scorodite (Fe3+AsO4.2H2O) |
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214 | (1) |
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Mansfieldite (AlAsO4.2H1O) |
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214 | (1) |
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Beudantite (PbFe3+ 3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6) |
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214 | (1) |
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Precipitation of phosphates |
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214 | (1) |
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Predicting secondary minerals |
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215 | (1) |
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Correlating pH, pore water concentrations, rock chemistry and mineralogy in tailings piles |
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216 | (1) |
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pH in site O tailings pile |
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216 | (1) |
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primary minerals in site O tailings pile |
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216 | (1) |
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Pore water chemistry in site O tailings pile |
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216 | (2) |
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Secondary minerals in site O tailings pile |
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218 | (1) |
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Remediation and Prevention of Acidic Drainage from Mine Wastes |
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218 | (5) |
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Treatment of acidic water |
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219 | (1) |
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On-site treatment facilities |
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219 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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220 | (1) |
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Sulfide oxidation controls (Tailings Management Programs) |
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220 | (1) |
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Restricting entrance of oxygen |
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221 | (1) |
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Disposal of tailings into deep lakes |
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221 | (1) |
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A water pond established above tailings behind retention dams |
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221 | (1) |
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A bog on the tailings surface |
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221 | (1) |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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Enhanced sulfate reduction |
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222 | (1) |
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Thickened slurry with moisture retaining capabilities |
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222 | (1) |
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Precipitates that coat sulfide mineral surfaces |
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222 | (1) |
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precipitation of heavy metals in reservoir minerals |
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223 | (1) |
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223 | (1) |
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Cemented ``hardpan'' layers |
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223 | (1) |
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Separating sulfide minerals from gangue minerals |
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223 | (1) |
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223 | (4) |
| References |
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227 | (32) |
| Subject Index |
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259 | (6) |
| Mineral Index |
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