scholarly journals Mineralogical and Chemical Characterization of Zr-REE-Nb Ores from Khalzan Buregtei (Mongolia)—Approaches to More Efficient Extraction of Rare Metals from Alkaline Granitoids

Minerals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Hans Gronen ◽  
Sven Sindern ◽  
Janet Lucja Katzmarzyk ◽  
Udo Bormann ◽  
André Hellmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Size Fraction ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Textural Properties ◽  
Rare Metal ◽  
Ore Minerals ◽  
Deposit Type ◽  
Energy Consuming ◽  
Automated Mineralogy ◽  
Efficient Extraction ◽  
Rock Suite

Alkaline rocks are worldwide observed as hosts for rare metal (Zr-REE-Nb) minerals. The classification of the ore bearing rock type is challenging due to the fact that textures and mineral assemblage are obscured by post-magmatic alteration. In addition, the alteration causes fine and intricate intergrowth of the ore minerals with associated gangue. Hence, intensive comminution is necessary to liberate the ore minerals, which is one parameter hampering the economical use of this deposit type. This study provides a quantitative mineralogical investigation of the ore bearing rock suite at Khalzan Buregtei as an example of rare metal deposits. R1-R2 multication parameters are shown to be highly appropriate as quantitative mineralogical indicators based on readily available major element datasets to visualize and quantify alteration types of the ore bearing rock suite. The ore minerals were found to be associated with a cluster-forming assemblage of post-magmatic phases. Automated mineralogy was applied to quantify the textural properties of the ore mineral clusters. This finding permits efficient pre-concentration of rare metal ore at coarser particle size fraction, requiring less energy consuming comminution.

scholarly journals GRANITOIDS, RARE-METAL PEGMATITES AND Ta-Nb MINERALIZATION OF SHPOLIANO-TASHLYK ORE AREA (INGUL MEGABLOCK, UKRAINIAN SHIELD)

2018 ◽  
pp. 24-29
Author(s):  
O. Hrinchenko ◽  
S. Bondarenko ◽  
T. Mironchuk
Keyword(s):  
Rare Metal ◽  
Ukrainian Shield ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Ore Minerals ◽  
Ore Mineralization ◽  
Isomorphic Series ◽  
Single Complex ◽  
Complex Features ◽  
First Time ◽  
Range Of Values

Composition of granites, genetically associated pegmatites and superimposed metasomatites distributed within Shpoliano-Tashlyk ore area (Ingul megablock) is considered. It is established, that on the basis of similarity in their petrographic and petrochemical features granitoids of the area can be related to single complex. Features of ore mineralization are defined by both composition of granitoids (Sgranites) after which rare-metal pegmatites are formed and intensity of superimposed metasomatic alterations. Main minerals-concentrators of Ta and Nb mineralization in granitic pegmatites and metasomatites are represented by minerals of three isomorphic series – columbite-tantalite (Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6, ilmenorutile-struverite (Ti,Nb,Ta)O2 and pyrochlore-microlite (Ca,Na)2Ta2O6(O,B,OH,F). Depending on geological setting such ore minerals as tapiolite, ixiolite, cassiterite, uraninite, nigerite, gahnite are commonly found in association with these minerals. Chemical composion of tantalo-niobates sampled from ore-bearing pegmatites and metasomatites is investigated by microprobe analysis. Most minerals of columbite-tantalite series are characterized by distinct and rhythmic internal zonality and contrasting mosaic structure which are related to considerable heterogeneities of their chemical composition. Within one aggregate mineral phases with wide range of values – from 9,80 to 71,0 % for Ta2O5 and from 10,6 to 70,1 % for Nb2O5 – are established. Among minerals ferruginous varieties which composition relates to Fe-columbite-tantalites (Nb2O5/Ta2O5 = 1–1,2; FeO/MnO = 2,5–6) prevail. Columbite-tantalites are characterised by high contents of admixture elements present (%): TiO2 – to 5,88; WO3 – to 3,70; SnO2 – to 9,20; Sc2O3 – to 5,40. Scandium ores occur as scandium-rich minerals that are mostly confined to the minerals of columbite-tantalite series found in Polohivka ore field. On the Ukrainian Shield high contents of Sc2O3 in tantalo-niobates are established for the first time. Minerals of ilmenorutile-struverite series do not quantitatively yield to minerals of columbite-tantalite series. For minerals of this series Nb2O5/Ta2O5 ratio varies in the range of 0,6-1,4. Among characteristic admixture-elements are prevailed (%): SnO2 – to 3,1, V2O5 – to 5,05; FeO – to 11,51, Cr2O3 – to 1,20. Minerals of pyrochlore-microlite series are of subordinate importance. For the first time by results of U-Pb dating of columbite-tantalites from Mostove ore manifestation (Shpoliano-Tashlyk area) the age of Ta-Nb mineralization is established to be about 1965 ± 25 million years.

Geology of the Liese Zone, Pogo Property, East-Central Alaska

SEG Discovery ◽  
1999 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
MOIRA SMITH ◽  
JOHN F.H. THOMPSON ◽  
JASON BRESSLER ◽  
PAUL LAYER ◽  
JAMES K. MORTENSEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gold Deposit ◽  
Gold Mineralization ◽  
Geochemical Data ◽  
East Central ◽  
Gold Silver ◽  
Ore Minerals ◽  
Middle Paleozoic ◽  
Deposit Type ◽  
Alteration Minerals ◽  
Native Bismuth

ABSTRACT The Liese zone is a recently discovered high-grade gold deposit on the Pogo claims, approximately 90 miles (145 km) southeast of Fairbanks. A conservative geologic resource for the Liese zone is 9.98 million tons at an average grade of 0.52 oz/t, for a total of 5.2 million contained ounces. The region is underlain by highly deformed, amphibolite-grade paragneiss and minor orthogneiss of the Late Proterozoic(?) to middle Paleozoic Yukon-Tanana terrane, which has been intruded by Cretaceous felsic granitoid bodies thought to be related to gold mineralization in the Fairbanks area and elsewhere along the Tintina gold belt. The Liese zone is hosted primarily in gneiss, and lies approximately 1.5 km south of the southern margin of the Late Cretaceous Goodpaster batholith. Mineralization occurs in three or more tabular, gently dipping quartz bodies, designated L1 (uppermost), L2, and L3 (lowermost). The thickness of the quartz bodies ranges from 1 to 20 m, averaging approximately 7 m. The quartz contains approximately 3 percent ore minerals, including pyrite, pyrrhotite, loellingite, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, bismuthinite, various Ag-Pb-Bi ± S minerals, maldonite, native bismuth, and native gold. Early biotite and later quartz-sericite-stockwork and sericite-dolomite alteration are spatially associated with the Liese zone, which shows characteristics of both vein and replacement styles of mineralization. Geochemical data indicate a strong correlation between gold and bismuth, and weaker correlations between gold, silver, and arsenic. Based on U-Pb dating of intrusive rocks, the Liese zone was formed between 107 and 94.5 m.y. ago, although 40Ar/39Ar cooling ages on alteration minerals return younger ages of 91 Ma, suggesting a protracted or multiphase thermal history. The Liese zone may represent a deep-seated manifestation of the "intrusion-related" gold deposit type.

scholarly journals Liberation Characteristics of Ta–Sn Ores from Penouta, NW Spain

Minerals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 509
Author(s):  
Pura Alfonso ◽  
Sarbast Ahmad Hamid ◽  
Hernan Anticoi ◽  
Maite Garcia-Valles ◽  
Josep Oliva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
White Mica ◽  
Low Grade ◽  
Economic Interest ◽  
X Ray Diffraction ◽  
Nw Spain ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Mineral Associations ◽  
Ore Minerals ◽  
Automated Mineralogy ◽  
Scanning Electron

The strategic importance of tantalum and its scarcity in Europe makes its recovery from low grade deposits and tailings interesting. In Penouta, the contents of Ta and Sn in old tailings from an Sn mine are of economic interest. Due to the relatively low grade of Ta of around 100 ppm, a detailed study of the mineralogy and liberation conditions is necessary. In this study, the mineralogy and the liberation characteristics of Sn and Ta ores of the Penouta tailings were investigated and compared with the current leucogranite outcropping ores. The characterization was conducted through X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and electron microprobe. In addition, automated mineralogy techniques were used to determine the mineral associations and liberation characteristics of ore minerals. The grade of the leucogranite outcropping was found to be about 80 ppm for Ta and 400 ppm for Sn, and in the tailings used for the liberation study, the concentrations of Ta and Sn were about 100 ppm Ta and 500 ppm Sn, respectively. In both, the leucogranite outcropping and tailings, the major minerals found were quartz, albite, K-feldspar, and white mica. Ore minerals identified were columbite-group minerals (CGM), microlite, and cassiterite. The majority of CGM examined were associated with cassiterite, quartz, and muscovite particle compositions and cassiterite was mainly associated with CGM, quartz, and muscovite. The liberation size was 180 µm for CGM.

scholarly journals On the Gas Storage Properties of 3D Porous Carbons Derived from Hyper-Crosslinked Polymers

Polymers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgio Gatti ◽  
Mina Errahali ◽  
Lorenzo Tei ◽  
Maurizio Cossi ◽  
Leonardo Marchese
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Treatment ◽  
Surface Area ◽  
Pore Volume ◽  
Chemical Activation ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Total Pore Volume ◽  
Textural Properties ◽  
Gas Storage ◽  
Bet Surface Area ◽  
Porous Carbons

The preparation of porous carbons by post-synthesis treatment of hypercrosslinked polymers is described, with a careful physico-chemical characterization, to obtain new materials for gas storage and separation. Different procedures, based on chemical and thermal activations, are considered; they include thermal treatment at 380 °C, and chemical activation with KOH followed by thermal treatment at 750 or 800 °C; the resulting materials are carefully characterized in their structural and textural properties. The thermal treatment at temperature below decomposition (380 °C) maintains the polymer structure, removing the side-products of the polymerization entrapped in the pores and improving the textural properties. On the other hand, the carbonization leads to a different material, enhancing both surface area and total pore volume—the textural properties of the final porous carbons are affected by the activation procedure and by the starting polymer. Different chemical activation methods and temperatures lead to different carbons with BET surface area ranging between 2318 and 2975 m2/g and pore volume up to 1.30 cc/g. The wise choice of the carbonization treatment allows the final textural properties to be finely tuned by increasing either the narrow pore fraction or the micro- and mesoporous volume. High pressure gas adsorption measurements of methane, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide of the most promising material are investigated, and the storage capacity for methane is measured and discussed.

scholarly journals Physical and chemical parameters of processes producing rare-metal deposits in granitoid systems with fluorine: experimental data

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 617-637
Author(s):  
Yu. B. Shapovalov ◽  
V. Yu. Chevychelov ◽  
V. S. Korzhinskaya ◽  
N. P. Kotova ◽  
A. F. Redkin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Rare Metal ◽  
Magmatic Fluid ◽  
Ore Minerals ◽  
Water Salt ◽  
Salt Phase ◽  
Melt Composition ◽  
Physical And Chemical ◽  
Salt Systems

The problem of the origin of rare-metal deposits in granites is considered, taking into account the results of experimental studies, which make it possible to introduce restrictions on the interpretation of geological materials and the construction of genetic models. The role of both magmatic and hydrothermal-metasomatic factors in the formation of various types of rare-metal deposits is discussed. The saturation concentrations of Ta and Nb in granite melt significantly depend on the melt composition, varying from ~ 25 to ~ 0.1 wt.%. They depend on temperature and pressure, to a lesser extent. The partitioning of Ta and Nb between the fluorine-containing fluid and the granite melt is sharply biased in favor of the melt. The principal difference in the partitioning of W and Ta, Nb, Sn in melt granite-salt systems is shown. Fluoride water-salt phase is a very effective extractant of tungsten, while Ta, Nb and Sn completely remain in the aluminosilicate melt. The model magmatic fluid, that is in equilibrium with Li-F granite melt, is multiphase and contains significant amounts of SiO2 and fluorides of Na, Al, Li and K. The solubility of ore minerals in this fluid is insignificant, but the concentration of Nb substantially exceeds that of Ta. The concentrations of HF in high-temperature magmatic fluids were estimated that could reach ~ 0.51 M HF. The experimentally determined solidus temperatures of Li-F granites are ~ 570630C at a pressure of 100200 MPa. At T = 300550С and P = 50100 MPa the actual hydrothermal transfer of Ta and Nb is possible only by sufficiently highly concentrated solutions (fluids) of HF and, possibly, KF. At alkaline sodium solutions, hydrothermal transport of Nb is quite probable, and for Ta it is difficult, at that the solubility of pyrochlore is higher than the solubility of columbite.

scholarly journals Dust Characterization and Its Potential Impact during the 2014–15 Fogo Volcano Eruption (Cape Verde)

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1275
Author(s):  
Carla Candeias ◽  
Paula F Ávila ◽  
Célia Alves ◽  
Carla Gama ◽  
Cristina Sequeira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Size Fraction ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Contamination Factor ◽  
Active Volcano ◽  
Cape Verde ◽  
Atmospheric Particulate Matter ◽  
Saharan Dust ◽  
High Potassium ◽  
High Enrichment

Fogo (Fogo Island) is the youngest and most active volcano of Cape Verde. The last eruption occurred in 2014–2015. Aiming to assess the dust sources that impacted the air quality during the present study period, fresh lava samples were collected, while Saharan dust intrusions and transport were modeled. Rooftop dust was also collected on the island dwellings and a mineralogical and chemical characterization was undertaken. Air quality monitors were used to obtain concentrations of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) and gaseous pollutants. The mineralogical constitution was assessed by XRD and Electron Microprobe. The pseudototal chemical concentration was performed by XRF, ICP-MS and SEM; the latter includes particles morphology. During the study, WRF-CHIMERE results showed the intrusion of desert dust which affected the air quality. Lava was classified as tephritic to basanitic, with high potassium content. The Pollution Load Index for rooftop dust was >1 in all samples, suggesting an enrichment. Higher values were found in dust size fraction <63 µm, with contamination factor pointing to high enrichment of As, Ni and Pb, and very high enrichment of Cd. The non-carcinogenic hazard estimated for children suggested that health problems may arise. The carcinogenic risk was above the target risk, mostly due to As > Pb > Co. Ingestion was the main exposure route. PM10 concentrations exceeded the 24-hour mean of 50 µg/m3 recommended by WHO. Nevertheless, TVOCs displayed levels lower than guidelines. The highest levels of CO2 were recorded in more populated villages and farthest from the volcano.

Smectite clay from the Sabga deposit (Cameroon): mineralogical and physicochemical properties

Clay Minerals ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 499-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Mache ◽  
P. Signing ◽  
A. Njoya ◽  
F. Kunyukubundo ◽  
J. A. Mbey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Water Treatment ◽  
Size Fraction ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Exchange Capacity ◽  
Mineralogical Characterization ◽  
North West ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Physical And Chemical

AbstractThe physicochemical and mineralogical characterization of the <250 μm particle-size fraction from six clay-rich samples from the Sabga deposit (north-west, Cameroon) were carried out to evaluate their potential applications. The major clay mineral is dioctahedral smectite and minor kaolinite is present in three of the clay samples. Cristobalite, feldspars, ilmenite and heulandite are accessory minerals. Application of the Greene-Kelly test revealed that the smectite present is montmorillonite. The chemical composition (wt.%) of the bulk clays consists of (66–70%) SiO2, (13–16%) Al2O3and (2–7%) Fe2O3. Physico-chemical characterization of the clays showed that the cation exchange capacity (CEC) and the specific surface area range from 38 to 46 meq/100 g and from 33 to 90 m2/g respectively. The physical and chemical properties are fully compatible with potential uses in environmental applications. After purification and chemical modification, these materials could also be used in refining edible oil as adsorbent, waste water treatment and wine technology.

scholarly journals Kinetic studies of isothermal decomposition of (NH4)4UO2(CO3)3 to uranium oxide

2019 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 146867831988862
Author(s):  
Korichi Smain ◽  
Aoudia Nacera ◽  
Benelmaddjat Hanane ◽  
Kaci Smina ◽  
Ousmaal Nafissa
Keyword(s):  
Activation Energy ◽  
Gas Adsorption ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Textural Properties ◽  
Kinetic Studies ◽  
Frequency Factor ◽  
Uranium Content ◽  
Reaction Rate Constants ◽  
Air Atmosphere ◽  
Uranyl Carbonate

The ammonium uranyl carbonate, (NH4)4UO2(CO3)3, is an important material used in UO2 and U3O8 ceramics production for the nuclear fuel fabrication. Thermal study and kinetic analysis of ammonium uranyl carbonate conversion under isothermal conditions has been studied in air atmosphere to obtain the tri-uranium octoxide (U3O8), using muffle furnace equipment, UV–visible spectrophotometer, gas adsorption, Hg porosimetry, laser granulometry, and optic spectroscopy. The textural properties (specific surface area, morphology, pore size, grain size, inter-particular porosity, and intra-particular porosity) and characteristics (uranium content and stoichiometry) of the prepared samples were estimated from the physical–chemical characterization. The kinetic parameters were estimated by a fitting of the experimental data. The activation energy Ea, frequency factor A, and reaction rate constants k were calculated from the conventional and iso-conversion kinetic models and were within the range of literature values. The activation energy average values are 36.69 and 30.36 kJ mol−1 by conventional and iso-conversion models, respectively.

scholarly journals Mineralogical Criteria for Genetic Relationship of Igneous and Carbonatite Rocks of the Tomtor Massif (Siberian Platform)

2021 ◽  
Vol 906 (1) ◽  
pp. 012104
Author(s):  
Alexander Okrugin ◽  
Anatolii Zhuravlev
Keyword(s):  
Siberian Platform ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Rare Metal ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Ring Complex ◽  
Ore Minerals ◽  
Ring Complexes ◽  
Relationship Of

Abstract The Tomtor massif, located in the north-east of the Siberian Platform, is a polychronous zonal-ring complex of alkaline ultrabasic rocks and carbonatites containing a unique deposit of Nb and REE. A comparative analysis of the typomorphic features of minerals of different types of silicate rocks and carbonatites of the Tomtor massif is given in order to establish their convergent features. In order to exclude the mutual influence of rocks formed at different times on each other, samples were taken from different dispersed independent pipe-like bodies of melteigites, a sheet body of alkaline picrites and a transverse dike of carbonatite located south of the Tomtor massif, as well as from alkaline syenites from the southern margin of the massif. It is shown that interesting convergent features are identified in the rock-forming and accessory minerals, including rare-metal ore minerals of different silicate igneous rocks and carbonatite formations. Rock-forming minerals - pyroxenes, micas, feldspars, feldspathopids, garnets, as well as basic and rare carbonates, oxide ore minerals, including Cr-containing spinelides, and sulfide and other exotic phases have such features. The confirmation of the convergence of a group of obvious high-temperature early magmatic elements-MgO, Cr, and Ni - with a group of CaO, CO2, H2O, P2O5, and Y components forming carbonatite derivatives was the most interesting nuance in this regard. Existence of such polychromous complicated ore-magmatic ring complexes as Tomtor massif indicates occurrence of intraplate deep large magma-generating hearths in lithosphere mantle. Such easily fusible hearths, conserved in lithosphere mantle of residual melts of kimberlite, alkali-picrites, carbonatite compositions, under the subsequent favorable geodynamic settings, are subject to rapid flotation, undergoing decompression melting and forming concentric-zonal platform complexes of alkali ultrabasic rocks with carbonatites

scholarly journals Solid-state synthesis and physico-chemical characterization of modified smectites using natural clays from Burkina Faso

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-59
Author(s):  
I. Garikoé ◽  
B. Sorgho ◽  
B. Guel ◽  
I. Persson
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Textural Properties ◽  
Exchange Capacity ◽  
Basal Spacing ◽  
Hexadecyltrimethylammonium Bromide ◽  
Tetradecyltrimethylammonium Bromide ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
Natural Clays

Solid-state intercalation was applied to prepare organo-smectites using cationic surfactants and natural clays containing smectite at various surfactant/smectite ratios. The surfactants enter the interlayers of smectites causing a swelling of the clays. The used clays were collected in Siétougou and Diabari villages located in the eastern part of Burkina Faso. The solid-state intercalation was successful for all four surfactants applied, n-dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide, (n-C12H25(CH3)3NBr), n-tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide, (n-C14H29(CH3)3NBr), n-hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (n-C16H33(CH3)3NBr) and di-n-dodecyldimethyl­ammonium bromide ((n-C12H25)2(CH3)2NBr) at different levels of the cation exchange capacity (CEC). The synthesized organo-smectites were characterized regarding relative density, structural and textural properties. XRPD data showed a systematic increase of the basal spacing of the unit cell of the smectite up to >38 Å at 2.0-CEC loading of the surfactant. This increase indicates that the surfactants penetrated into the smectite interlayers with the surfactants being arranged parallel to the layers at low concentrations and almost perpendicular at high ones. FTIR spectra of the organo-smectites showed a decrease in the intensities of the water bands at around 1630 cm-1 and 3400 cm-1, and new specific bands close to 2920 cm-1 and 2850 cm-1 were assigned to the asymmetric and symmetric stretching of CH2 groups of the surfactants, respectively.                     KEY WORDS: Smectite, Organo-smectite, Surfactant, Intercalation   Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop. 2021, 35(1), 43-59. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/bcse.v35i1.4

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