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Tracking of critical
minerals/elements using
multispectral quantitative
analysis: the case of
Chelopech (Bulgaria)
Evrard M. and Pirard E.
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Introduction
• Europe consumes more than 20% of the
global production of metals and produces
only 3 %
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1.Introduction
• Europe focus on its own resources/reserves
• Europe is largely under explored
• New prospections projets all over Europe
• Purpose: be less dependant of critical metal importation
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1. Introduction
• Chelopech Mining: Cu/Au/Ag
• Presence of « critical elements »
• Quantitative mineralogy analysis>< Chemical analysis
• Link with ore processing
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2. Location
Chelopech
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3. Location
Popov and Popov 2000
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3. Mineralization
• Chelopech ore composition made of
– Cu, Fe, S, As and Ba (major elements)
– Sb, Bi, Se, Te, Au, Ag, Pb, Zn, Sn, In, Ga, Ge, Ti, PGE (minor elements)
(Bonev et al. 2002, Moritz et al. 2004, Chambefort 2005, Coffey Mining 2010)
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3. EDX analysis
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3 EDX analysis
Rich Se-galena
8% to 14% Se
in galena
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4.3 Selenium
• Main applications
– Glass production
– Solar cells (Cu-In-Ga-Se)
– Alloys (Pb-Se)
• Price: 42$/lb
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4. Method
• 4.1 sampling points in the flotation plant
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4.1 Samples
• Sieving of samples (38µm and 75µm)
• Creation of polished sections
• 38-75µm and +75µm
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4.2 Qualitative analysis
Concentrate Ore
Tailings
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4.3 Quantitative analysis
• After optical analysis
– 7 main minerals
• Bornite
• Covellite
• Pyrite
• Chalcopyrite
• Galena
• Tetraedrite/Tennantite
• Enargite
• Multispectral analysis
• 55 images/ polished section at 3 wavelengths
(associate with Au, Te, Ge) Arsenijevic 1958, Bonev et al. 2002
(associated with Au, Te, Bi) Bonev et al. 2002, Kouzmanov 2001
(bearing Se)
(bearing Sb, Ge, Bi) Karamyan 1958, Kouzmanov 2001
(bearing Ge, Au) Vlassov 1964
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Material
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4.3 Quantitative analysis
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Reflectance curves
Bornite
Chalcopyrite
Covellite
Covellite
Enargite
Enargite
Galène
Pyrite
Tennantite
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4.3 Quantitative analysis
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4.3 Quantitative analysis
• Classification
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Peripheral pixels
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5. Image processing
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5. Quantitative results
• Pixels of each class have been counted
• Surface percentage converts to weight %
• Allow to know the mineral proportions in each sample
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5.1 Description of quantitative results
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5.1 Description of quantitative results
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5.2 Quantitative results >< chemical results
• Convert mineral proportions to Cu, As and S proportions
%Cu = ∑ %mineral(i) * proportion of Cu in mineral I
Cu and As proportions of chemical and quantitative
results are standardized with S
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5.2 Quantitative results >< chemical results
Concentrate
Ore
T1
T2
TT
Concentrate
Ore
T1
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TT
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Chemical values standardized with S
Multispectral imaging base results
Cu
As
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6.Conclusion
• Different kind of analysis on the samples
– Qualitative analysis
– Chemical analysis
– EDX analysis
– Quantitative analysis
• Quantitative results match qualitative and chemical results
• Mineral informations>< Chemical analysis
• Information of mineral behavior in the process plant
• Tracking of minerals and elements in the process plant
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