Process mineralogy of gold: Gold from telluride-bearing ores

JOM

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 60-62

  Spry, Paul G ^a   Chryssoulis, Stephen ^b   Ryan, Christopher G ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; METAL RECOVERY; MICROANALYSIS; MINERALOGY; ORES; PETROGRAPHY; PYRITES; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; TELLURIUM DEPOSITS;

BUCKHORNITE; CALAVERITE; CYANIDATION; GOLD RECOVERY; NANOPARTICLES; TELLURIDES; X RAY EMISSION;

GOLD;

EID: 4544261423     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-004-0185-4     Document Type: Article

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