Abstract
The Nchanga Cu-Co ore deposit of the Zambian Copperbelt, is hosted in Neoproterozoic siliciclastic-carbonate sedimentary rocks, and it consists of two orebodies: the Lower Orebody (shale) and the Upper Orebody (arkose). Refractory Cu ores present in the Upper Orebody comprise 150 Mt with average 0.87% Cu, and are characterized by inadequate recovery of copper by leaching. This materials characterization study, conducted on refractory ore samples from the Upper Orebody using optical microscopy, QEMSCAN®, and microprobe, has shown that copper occurs mainly in biotite, phlogopite, malachite, pseudomalachite and goethite. QEMSCAN® has quantified the abundance of each phase and total Cu deportment in each phase.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society of Mining Engineers (2008, Salt Lake City, UT) |
| State | Published - Feb 1 2008 |
Keywords
- Carbonate Minerals
- Copper
- Copper Deposits
- Copper Ores
- Leaching
- Materials Characterizations
- Metal Recovery
- Mica
- Minerals
- Neoproterozoic
- Optical Microscopy
- Ore Bodies
- Ore Deposit Geology
- Ore Deposits
- Ores
- QEMSCAN
- Refractory Materials
- Refractory Ores
- Sedimentary Rocks
- Sedimentology
Disciplines
- Geology
Fingerprint
Dive into the research topics of 'Refractory Copper Ore from Nchanga, Zambia: A Materials Characterization Study'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.Cite this
- APA
- Standard
- Harvard
- Vancouver
- Author
- BIBTEX
- RIS