Chemical and Mineralogical Characterization of a Mixed Sulphide Ore at Zimapan, Hidalgo, Mexico

Laura Angeles, Martin Reyes, Miguel Perez, Elia Palacios, Francisco Patiño, Ivan Reyes, Mizraim Flores

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Chemical and mineralogical characterization of a sulphide ore from the mining district of Zimapan, Hidalgo, Mexico, was performed in order to obtain accurate information on the composition of the ore to optimize the subsequent flotation process. A combination of techniques was used: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) with Energy Dispersive Spectrometer (EDS), X-ray diffractometry (XRD), Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The SEM mapping confirmed the presence of the elements: Ca, Si, Fe, K, S, Al, Zn, Mg and Mn. The XRD analysis suggests that the ore matrix is calcite; additional species found were wollastonite, johannsenite, and pyrite, among other impurities. The FTIR analysis performed for the aqua regia insoluble showed the presence of calcium oxide, copper oxide and silicon oxide. The results for the ICP analysis were:13.31% S, 2.55% Fe, 0.46% Zn, 0.03% Cu, 0.06% Pb, 0.07% Mn, 0.09% As, 0.01% Sb and 0.08 grton-1 Ag.

Idioma originalInglés
Título de la publicación alojadaCharacterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2017
EditoresJian Li, Sergio Neves Monteiro, Juan P. Escobedo-Diaz, Jeongguk Kim, Ramasis Goswami, Jiann-Yang Hwang, Yunus Eren Kalay, Bowen Li, Mingming Zhang, Shadia Ikhmayies, John S. Carpenter, Zhiwei Peng, Donato Firrao, Chenguang Bai
EditorialSpringer International Publishing
Páginas607-615
Número de páginas9
ISBN (versión impresa)9783319513812
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 2017
EventoInternational Symposium on Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials, 2017 - San Diego, Estados Unidos
Duración: 26 feb. 20172 mar. 2017

Serie de la publicación

NombreMinerals, Metals and Materials Series
VolumenPart F7
ISSN (versión impresa)2367-1181
ISSN (versión digital)2367-1696

Conferencia

ConferenciaInternational Symposium on Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials, 2017
País/TerritorioEstados Unidos
CiudadSan Diego
Período26/02/172/03/17

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