Oxidation of As-bearing gold ore - A comparison of batch and column experiments

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 81, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 59-70

  Mihaljevcič, Martin ^a   Sisr, Luděk ^a   Ettler, Vojtěch ^a   Šebec, Ondřej ^a   Pruša, Jan ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Batch leaching; Column leaching; Gold bearing ore; Sulfides; Weathering rate

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ARSENIC; LEACHING; ORE ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; POTABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WEATHERING;

COLUMN EXPERIMENTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

ARSENIC; GOLD; LABORATORY METHOD; ORE MINERAL; WATER POLLUTION; WEATHERING RATE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 0347477294     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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