Applied Mineralogy in the Mining Industry

General Principles of Applied Mineralogy: Introduction Applied mineralogy investigations Instruments for performing applied mineralogy studies: Introduction Optical microscopes X-ray diffractometer Scanning electron microscope (SEM) with energy dispersive x-ray analyser (EDS) Electron microprobe (MP) Proton induced x-ray emission (PIXE) Secondary ion mass spectrometer (SIMS) and ToF-SIMS Laser ionization mass spectrometer (LIMS) and ToF-LIMS Cathodoluminescence (CL) Infrared spectroscopy Image analysis system. Mineralogical Characteristics and Processing of Massive Sulfide Base Metal Ores From the Bathurst-Newcastle Mining Area: Introduction General characteristics of Bathurst-Newcastle base metal deposits Applied mineralogy studies of Brunswick No. 12 and Brunswick No. 6 ores Applied mineralogy studies of products from the Cu-Pb rougher circuit in BMS concentrator Summary Volcanogenic Base Metal Deposits in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake Areas, Manitoba, Canada Introduction Characteristics of Trout Lake and callinan ores Minerals in Trout Lake and callinan ores Mineral processing Summary and conclusions. (Part contents).