Mineral beneficiation tests on apatite-bearing carbonatite, Tundulu, Malawi
Briggs, D.A.; Mitchell, C.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5911-5668. 1990 Mineral beneficiation tests on apatite-bearing carbonatite, Tundulu, Malawi. Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 14pp. (WG/90/004) (Unpublished)
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Abstract/Summary
Approximately one million tons of the phosphate resources of the Tundulu carbonatite complex, Malawi, are in apatite-carbonatites (10-15% P205)' These rocks are composed of apatite, quartz, calcite plus 'Fe-oxide pseudomorphs after siderite, accessory late-stage Fe-free calcite, and traces of synchisite, bastnaesite, pyrochlore, barite and strontianite. Mining of the apatite-bearing rocks to provide material for direct application fertilizer would involve selective mining of the paler, Fe-carbonate-free rocks. However, if larger-scale exploitation was required, beneficiation of the lower-grade rocks containing substantial quantities of Fe-carbonates and quartz would be required.
Item Type: | Publication - Report |
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Programmes: | BGS Programmes > Economic Minerals |
Funders/Sponsors: | NERC |
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.: | This item has been internally reviewed but not externally peer-reviewed. This report was made open by author November 2012 |
Date made live: | 16 Nov 2012 14:32 +0 (UTC) |
URI: | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20447 |
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