Critical parameters in the dump and heap leaching of gold, silver, copper and uranium: permeability, solution delivery and solution recovery
Critical to successful dump and heap leaching for gold, silver, copper and uranium are factors such as permeability, solution delivery to the ore, and solution recovery. This paper deals with possible techniques for successful accomplishment of these three factors. New developments as well as older techniques are discussed, together with rationals for use of some techniques in reference to others. The authors hope to present a checklist so that the ideal application to individual mine situations can be achieved. This involves a discussion of the merits of each different method and the situations for most logical application. It is hoped that such discussion will broaden the geographic areas where dump and heap leaching can be applied to include greater winter cold and tropical regions of large amounts of rainfall.
- Research Organization:
- Utah International Inc., Sunnyvale, California
- OSTI ID:
- 6068776
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-840218-; TRN: 85-000693
- Journal Information:
- Prepr., Soc. Min. Eng. AIME; (United States), Vol. 84-23; Conference: 113. annual meeting of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 26 Feb 1984
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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