Study on process mineralogy of a certain copper tailing

Took the process mineralogy study of a certain copper tailing to find out the comprehensive utilization value.This process mineralogy study was made to identify the mineral composition of a certain copper tailing,the dissemination characteristics and the grain characterostics of the main minarals by means of microscope,chemical analysis,X-ray diffraction analysis,SEM-EDS.The results indicate that,the valuable elements of the copper tailing are Cu、Fe and Mo,and their grades are 0.086%、3.25% and 0.011%.The corresponding recovery minarals are chalcopyrite、magnetite- maghemite and molybdenite with the relative content of 0.17%、0.8% and 0.02%.This study provide a basic date for the copper tailing.