Characterization of Goldstrike ore carbonaceous material. Part 1: Chemical characteristics

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 37-43

  Stenebraten J F ^a   Johnson, W P ^a   Brosnahan, D R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc   (United States)

^c SME ^*

Author keywords

Carbonaceous ore; Gold processing; Ore characterization; Preg robbing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004765569     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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