Variance relationships between the masses, grades and particle sizes for gold ores from the Witwatersrand

Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 491-499

  Bartlett, H E ^a   Viljoen, R ^b  

^a Hugh Bartlett Consulting CC   (South Africa)

^b Anglo American Research Laboratories   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; ORE SAMPLING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

GOLD ASSAYS;

GOLD METALLURGY;

EID: 0036881248     PISSN: 0038223X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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