| Publication Date |
1972 |
| Personal Author |
Lamont, W. E.; Brooks, D. R.; Feld, I. L.; McVay, T. N. |
| Page Count |
45 |
| Abstract |
The Federal Bureau of Mines investigated the potential for recovering rutile and associated valuable heavy minerals from the central Florida pebble phosphate district flotation circuits. Studies were made to determine (1) the type and quantity of valuable heavy minerals present at various points in the flotation circuits and (2) the technical feasibility of producing marketable grade concentrates of the valuable heavy minerals. Results of these studies indicated that the feed to the fine fatty acid flotation circuits contained an average of 0.39 percent heavy minerals. Based on available tonnage estimates the following average quantities of valuable heavy minerals should be passing through the district flotation plants annually: rutile, 4.5 thousand short tons; zircon, 14 thousand short tons; opaque (ilmenite) 41.5 thousand short tons; and monazite, 6 hundred short tons. (Author) |
| Keywords |
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| Source Agency |
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| NTIS Subject Category |
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| Corporate Authors |
BUREAU OF Mines, Washington, D.C. |
| Supplemental Notes |
Prepared in cooperation with Tuscaloosa Metallurgy Research Lab., University, Ala. |
| Document Type |
Technical Report |
| Title Note |
Open file rept. |
| NTIS Issue Number |
197220 |
