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Recovering sulfur from lead‑zinc tailings

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Recovering sulfur from lead‑zinc tailings

Recovering sulfur from lead‑zinc tailings

In several lead‑zinc flotation tailings sites in western and northern Guangdong Province, spiral chute gravity separation is used to recover pyrite from the tailings. The mineral composition, single‑mineral analysis of pyrite, multi‑element analysis, and sieve analysis of the lead‑zinc flotation tailings from northern and western Guangdong are shown in Tables 4‑49 to 4‑52, respectively.

Table 4‑49 Mineral composition

Northern Guangdong lead‑zinc tailingsWestern Guangdong lead‑zinc tailings
Pyrite with small amounts of galena and sphaleritePyrite with small amounts of lead‑zinc minerals, hematite, and limonite
Gangue minerals mainly sericite, quartz, calcite, chlorite, with minor dolomite, etc.Gangue minerals: quartz, feldspar, kaolin, sericite, dolomite, calcite, etc.

Table 4‑50 Single‑mineral analysis of pyrite from northern Guangdong (%)

ComponentSFePbZnCuTotal
Mass fraction52.7343.350.490.0710.00596.85

Table 4‑51 Multi‑element analysis of northern Guangdong lead‑zinc tailings (%)

ComponentSAsSiO₂Al₂O₃CaOAg (g/t)
Mass fraction30.50.2116.332.807.2164.0

Table 4‑52 Sieve analysis results

Particle size fraction/mmthe northern part of Guangdong Provincethe western part of Guangdong Province
 产率/%品位/%分布率/%产率/%品位/%分布率/%
+0.27.0614.853.73 
-0.20+0.1027.0023.2222.317.162.320.71
-0.10+0.07612.2533.5414.6230.1814.3718.68
-0.076+0.04318.8735.9224.1224.5531.8533.68
-0.043+0.0306.0838.858.4117.6532.8524.96
-0.03028.7426.2126.8120.4624.9321.97
合  计100.0031.46100.00100.0023.22100.00

Through testing, a single pass of the lead‑zinc tailings through a spiral chute (process flow shown in Figure 4‑33) yields a pyrite concentrate with a grade of 39.75%–44.80% and a recovery of 58%–74%.

Figure 4‑33 Process flow of spiral chute separation

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