Characterisation of in situ gold particle size and distribution for sampling protocol optimisation

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 175-185

  Dominy, S C ^a,b   Xie, Y ^c   Platten, I M ^a  

^a Snowden Mining Industry Consultants Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORES; PARTICLE SIZE;

CASE STUDIES; CHARACTERISATION; DIRECT IMPACTS; GOLD ORES; GOLD PARTICLES; HOST MINERALS; IN-SITU; METALLURGICAL INVESTIGATIONS; MINERALISATION; OPTIMISATION; SAMPLING PROTOCOLS;

GOLD;

EID: 58049176486     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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