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Acid leaching of oxidized copper ore from Mount Gunson, South Australia.
Published: 19 Jul 1966 Created: 12 Nov 2024 Revised: 12 Nov 2024
Author: Woodcock, J.T.

Three tested samples of oxidized copper ore contained malachite, chrysocolla and atacamite in siliceous gangue, with some calcite. A leach-precipitation-flotation test recovered 70% of the copper in a 21% copper concentrate, and this could...

Three tested samples of oxidized copper ore contained malachite, chrysocolla and atacamite in siliceous gangue, with some calcite. A leach-precipitation-flotation test recovered 70% of the copper in a 21% copper concentrate, and this could probably be improved.

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Record No mesac31362
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor Chapman Wood Griswold and Evans Pty Ltd
Sponsor
Tenement SML 96
Tenement Holder Austminex Pty Ltd
Operator
Geological Province Stuart Shelf
Mine Name Main Open Cut copper mine
Stratigraphy
Commodity copper
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Geographic Locality: Mount Gunson
Doc No: Env 06606 p: 13-24
Geographic Locality: Mount Gunson
Doc No: Env 06606 p: 13-24
Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac31362
Citation Woodcock, J.T. 1966. Acid leaching of oxidized copper ore from Mount Gunson, South Australia. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac31362

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