Recovery of Copper, Cobalt, and Nickel from Waste Mill Tailings.

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• Personal Author:
  Rule, Albert R. ; Siemens, Richard E.
• Description:
  An investigation was conducted on three samples of mill tailings from the Blackbird Mine tailings pond near Cobalt, Idaho, to determine if cu, CO, and ni could be extracted and concentrated. The samples, obtained by the U.S. Bureau of Mines, represented both the sand and slime areas of the pond. Bulk sulfide mineral flotation on the two sand tailings samples resulted in cu recoveries of 74 to 86 pct, CO recoveries of 71 to 89 pct, and ni recoveries of 90 to 95 pct, with average concentrate grades of 2.75 pct cu, 2.41 pct CO, and 0.14 pct ni. The recovery of cu, CO, and ni from bulk sulfide mineral flotation on the third sample from the slime end of the pond was 68, 54, and 90 pct, respectively, at percent grades of 0.68 Cu, 0.70 Co, and 0.37 Ni. Reduction roasting of dead-roasted concentrates from the sand tailings followed by leaching with ammonia-ammonium sulfate solutions extracted 92 pct cu, 87 pct CO, and 86 pct ni. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Idaho ; Illinois ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  ALRC - Albany Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  62-67
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10009969
• Citation:
  Proc 5th Miner Waste Util Symp Chicago Illinois, 1976 Apr; :62-67
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proc. 5th Miner. Waste Util. Symp., Chicago, Illinois, Apr. 13-14, 1976, PP. 62-67
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/244568/cdc_244568_DS1.pdf
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