General mining

General mining

General mining related terms and definitions in minerals and related activities.

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Banded iron formation

Mining; General mining

A rock formation that shows pronounced banding of iron rich minerals and fine grained quartz. Where mineralized the formation contains sulphide and carbonate mineral.

Autoclave

Mining; General mining

The equipment used in an oxidation process in which high temperatures and pressures are applied to convert refractory sulphide mineralization into amenable oxide ore.

Classified tailings

Mining; General mining

Tailings material or sub-economic ground residue from mineral processing operations that has been processed to remove fine grained solids to promote free drainage of water. It's commonly used as ...

Flotation

Mining; General mining

A process that induces some mineral particles to attach themselves to bubbles in order to float while allowing other particles to sink so that the valuable minerals are concentrated and separated ...

Crushing plant

Mining; General mining

A plant in which run-of-mine ore is reduced to smaller sizes by mechanical crushing in order to improve the liberation of the gold particles for downstream recovery.

Cyanidation

Mining; General mining

The process of extracting gold or silver through dissolution in a weak solution of sodium cyanide.

That economically mineable part of a measured mineral resource provened by at least a preliminary feasibility study that includes adequate information on mining, processing, metallurgical, economic, ...