Multianalysis Characterization of Mineralogical Properties of Copper-Lead-Zinc Mixed Ores and Implications for Comprehensive Recovery

Table 5

Mineral composition and particle size distribution.

Types	Minerals	Particle size (mm)	Content (%)	Minerals	Particle size (mm)	Content (%)
Sulfide; Sulfate	Chalcopyrite	0.005–4	0.27	Chalcocite	0.004–0.05	0.03
	Covellite	0.004–0.01	0.02	Bornite	0.05–0.1	0.18
	Enargite	0.004–0.06	0.04	Bronze	0.02–0.6	0.03
	Galena	0.01–0.5	0.21	Sphalerite	0.01–2	0.25
	Pyrite	0.01–0.02	0.20	Tetrahedrite	0.004–0.01	0.20
Oxides	Quartz	0.01–0.5	6.13	Limonite	0.01–0.2	1.30
Silicate phosphate	Chrysocolla	0.02–0.3	0.30	Hemimorphite	0.004–0.075	0.52
	Albite	0.1–0.2	2.20	Wollastonite	0.01–0.3	9.46
	Chlorite	0.01–0.1	0.26	Muscovite	<0.004	1.58
	Andradite	0.05–3	24.98	Essonite	—	23.00
	Magnesium	—	0.29	Vesuvianite	0.1–0.7	1.01
	Ellestadite	0.004–0.15	0.86	Apatite	0.004–0.075	0.34
Arsenate	Duftite	0.004–0.15	0.80	Austinite	0.004–0.05	0.01
Carbonate; Fluoride	Malachite	0.1–0.5	0.06	Rosasite	0.004–0.075	0.07
	Cerussite	0.1–0.5	0.98	Smithsonite	0.004–0.05	0.08
	Calcite	0.02–2.4	15.52	Fluoride	0.02–3.5	0.95