Research Article
Cross-Comparison of Leaching Strains Isolated from Two Different Regions: Chambishi and Dexing Copper Mines
Table 3
Copper mineral compositions (% wt/wt) of leaching residues of the Dexing mineral sample after 30 days of bioleaching using X-ray diffraction (XRD).
| Copper compounds | Systems | FOX1 | BN | ZMB | ZC | YTW | YTW315 | A02 | DC | Control |
| Free copper oxide | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Combined copper oxide | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Secondary copper sulfide | 0.041 | 0.037 | 0.047 | 0.023 | 0.035 | 0.038 | 0.041 | 0.018 | 0.057 | Primary copper sulfide | 0.416 | 0.436 | 0.453 | 0.367 | 0.413 | 0.427 | 0.449 | 0.354 | 0.463 |
| Total copper | 0.457 | 0.473 | 0.496 | 0.389 | 0.448 | 0.465 | 0.490 | 0.372 | 0.523 |
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