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

Table 6

Distribution of particle sizes of main copper, lead, and zinc minerals.

Particle size(um)	Chalcopyrite	Chalcocite	Covellite	Bornite	Enargite	Tetrahedrite	Chrysocolla	Malachite	Beaverite	Rosasite	Galena	Cerussite	Sphalerite	Smithsonite
−212 + 150	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	28.30	——	——
−150 + 106	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	23.56	—	—	13.20	40.06	——
−106 + 75	—	—	—	13.23	—	—	10.94	—	0.00	45.83	—	7.34	0.00	——
−75 + 53	26.22	—	—	20.51	40.17	—	14.08	38.71	15.75	0.00	6.17	6.31	18.64	37.43
−53 + 38	12.47	27.52	—	23.66	0.00	54.19	14.46	21.07	20.99	19.18	24.42	5.04	5.75	21.30
−38 + 27	6.88	31.60	62.00	12.70	20.63	15.80	17.35	7.67	9.41	17.49	12.32	9.77	12.72	7.35
−27 + 19	24.27	11.08	10.02	5.74	3.58	7.37	11.43	0.00	9.42	5.86	10.95	8.43	7.45	16.01
−19 + 13.5	12.39	14.63	5.68	10.35	6.38	4.71	11.71	15.77	6.93	3.54	17.08	6.93	5.79	7.95
−13.5 + 9.6	6.87	6.47	4.03	5.36	14.74	4.57	9.02	8.56	3.91	4.61	12.03	5.78	4.35	4.41
−9.6 + 6.8	6.23	3.99	13.13	6.16	7.37	8.43	6.41	5.16	4.13	2.29	8.03	4.44	2.82	2.29
−6.8 + 4.8	3.45	2.28	2.87	1.61	4.64	3.73	3.43	2.80	4.08	1.07	6.37	3.04	1.93	2.94
−4.8 + 3.4	1.09	2.24	1.77	0.52	2.28	1.11	1.01	0.20	1.50	0.12	2.23	1.18	0.43	0.32
−3.4 + 2.4	0.13	0.19	0.49	0.16	0.21	0.09	0.16	0.07	0.31	0.00	0.40	0.24	0.07	0.00
−2.4	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0.00	0.00	—