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Gold Science and Technology ›› 2019, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (6): 950-956.doi: 10.11872/j.issn.1005-2518.2019.06.950

• Mining Technology and Mine Management • Previous Articles    

Study on Technological Mineralogy of Gold Concentrate in Longnan Zijin

Xionghui XIE1,2()   

  1. 1. Zijin Mining Group Co. ,Ltd. ,Shanghang 364200,Fujian,China
    2. College of Zijin Mining, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, Fujian,China
  • Received:2019-01-29 Revised:2019-07-04 Online:2019-12-31 Published:2019-12-24

Abstract:

Refractory gold ore is a kind of gold ore which can not be effectively extracted by conventional cyanidation process after fine grinding.High-sulfur ore is the most common refractory gold deposit in China.Refractory gold concentrate is an enrichment of gold grades greater than 10×10-6 obtained by fine grinding re-election or flotation of refractory gold ore.In view of the complex mineral composition of refractory gold concentrate with high sulphur content and the characteristics that gold is often encapsulated in other minerals,the process mineralogy of a gold concentrate in Longnan Zijin was studied by means of multielement analysis,X-ray diffraction,mineral dissociation analysis and scanning electron microscopy.The mineral composition,the occurrence state of various phases and the associated law of gold were thoroughly analyzed,to provide theoretical basis for the selection of gold extraction process for gold concentrates.The results show that the S and As contents of the gold concentrate are 42.12% and 2.31% respectively,and the proportion of gold encapsulated by sulfide is 56.19%.The gold concentrate belongs to the refractory gold deposit encapsulated by sulfide.The main gangue in the gold concentrate are quartz and sericite.The main metal minerals in the gold concentrate are natural gold,silver-gold ore,pyrite and arsenopyrite,of which pyrite accounts for 79.6% and is the main carrier of gold minerals.The content of pyrite and arsenopyrite increased from 63.83% and 1.77% to 82.95% and 4.85% respectively,while the content of quartz and sericite decreased from 23.57% and 8.37% to 5.91% and 4.97%,respectively,when the particle size of the gold concentrate decreased from +0.075 mm to -0.045 mm.The size of gold minerals ranges from 1 to 10 microns,the Au content in gold minerals is 74% to 89%,the Ag content is 9% to 23%,and the Fe content is 1% to 9%.The main gold minerals are silver and gold deposits,accounting for 86.67%.In addition,there are a small amount of natural gold,accounting for 13.33%.The liberation degree of gold minerals is 30%.The encapsulated gold minerals are associated with pyrite,which is semi-encapsulated or completely encapsulated,and the encapsulated gold often occurs in the pores of pyrite grains.The degree of monomer dissociation of gold minerals increases with the decrease of sample size.That is,the regrinding of concentrate is beneficial to the exposure of gold particles,making gold particles fully contact the leaching solution,thus improving the leaching rate of gold.

Key words: high sulfur and arsenic, refractory gold deposit, gold concentrate, liberation degree, process mineralogy

CLC Number: 

  • TD926

Table 1

Analysis results of multi-elements in gold concentrate from Longnan Zijin"

元素w(B)/%元素w(B)/%元素w(B)/%
Au*18.64MgO0.62Cu0.051
As2.31Ag*18.00Pb0.20
TS42.12SiO211.42Cr0.008
CaO0.47Al2O33.20有机碳0.14
Fe36.04Zn0.18
TC0.40Cd*0.20

Fig.1

XRD analysis results of a gold concentrate in Longnan Zijin"

Table 2

Analysis results of sulfur phase of a gold concentrate"

硫物相含量/%占比/%
S6+0.140.34
S2-39.0893.96
其他硫2.375.70
总硫41.59100.00

Table 3

Mineral composition and content of gold concentrate(%)"

矿物名称矿物在原矿和不同粒级金精矿中的质量分数
原金精矿样+0.075 mm-0.075~+0.045 mm-0.045 mm
合计100.00100.00100.00100.00
黄铁矿79.6063.8380.3482.95
毒砂3.801.772.484.85
黄铜矿0.120.030.040.18
黝铜矿0.020.010.010.03
闪锌矿0.350.280.270.40
方铅矿0.120.090.110.14
赤铁矿、褐铁矿0.080.140.100.05
自然金、银金矿微量微量微量微量
石英9.6923.5710.935.91
绢云母5.248.374.184.97
长石0.080.100.200.02
碳酸盐0.871.671.290.50
磷灰石0.030.130.06-

Table 4

Particle size distribution of pyrite and arsenopyrite in a gold concentrate"

粒级/mm占比/%
黄铁矿毒砂
合计100.00100.00
+0.075~-0.1471.45-
+0.044~-0.07519.997.63
+0.02~-0.04432.0734.12
+0.01~-0.0224.1930.82
-0.0122.2927.43

Table 5

Dissociation degree of pyrite and arsenopyrite in a gold concentrate"

矿物名称占比/%
解离单体与毒砂连生与脉石连生与黄铁矿连生
黄铁矿850.614.4-
毒砂75-1510

Fig.2

Pyrite associated with gangue and arsenopyrite in a gold concentrate"

Table 6

Particle size and energy spectrum composition of gold minerals"

金颗粒序号粒度/μm成分及其质量分数/%
AuAgFe
12.5×0.681.3914.074.54
22.2×1.279.9513.396.66
38.5×1.274.3022.852.85
48.1×2.181.6315.053.32
52.583.5012.763.74
62.0×3.078.7715.605.63
72.0×1.375.9722.961.07
84.576.9621.211.83
96.0×3.080.4417.062.50
102.378.7217.943.34
114.0×3.082.5015.392.11
123.0×1.680.3811.937.69
136.0×2.576.1315.668.21
144.385.8111.262.93
153.7×2.088.069.212.74

Fig.3

Electron microscopic scanning of gold minerals"

Table 7

Gold chemical phase analysis results"

项目质量分数/(×10-6占比/%
总金18.26100.00
裸露金7.1639.21
氧化物和碳酸盐包裹金0.723.94
硫化物包裹金10.2656.19
硅酸盐和其他包裹金0.120.66

Fig.4

Scanning electron microscopy of gold concentrates with different particle sizes"

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