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Minerals, Volume 14, Issue 10

2024 October - 99 articles

Cover Story: Proterozoic diagenetic spheroids consist of concretions, nodules, botryoids, granules, and rosettes. Although these mineralised spheroidal structures are common in the sedimentological record, a consensus has yet to be reached regarding their formation mechanism. This study collates the occurrences of diagenetic spheroids between 0.541 and 1.8 Ga to investigate whether there are differences in abundances during stable environmental conditions and enhanced influxes of atmospheric oxygen. Circularly concentric patterns were typically observed in Proterozoic diagenetic spheroids, similar to geometric patterns formed under chemically oscillating reactions. The graphical abstract shows our collated timeline, the mineral concentricity from the 632 Ma Doushantuo Fm, and chert nodules from the 1560 to 1577 Ma Gaoyuzhuang Fm. View this paper
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Articles (99)

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,286 Views
12 Pages

21 October 2024

Tin-containing tailing is classified as a solid waste, but it possesses valuable resources such as tin and iron. Tin-containing tailing exhibits a fine distribution and compact symbiosis of cassiterite- and iron-containing minerals. Therefore, it is...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,606 Views
21 Pages

Gold Mineralization at the Syenite-Hosted Anwangshan Gold Deposit, Western Qinling Orogen, Central China

  • Wenyuan Chen,
  • Zhibo Yan,
  • Jin Yuan,
  • Yuanyuan Zhao and ,
  • Xinyu Xu,
  • Liqiang Sun,
  • Xinbiao Lü and
  • Jian Ma
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

21 October 2024

The Anwangshan gold deposit is located in the northwestern part of the Fengtai Basin, Western Qinling Orogen (WQO). The gold ore is hosted within quartz syenite and its contact zone. The U–Pb weighted mean age of the quartz syenite is 231 &plus...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Formation and Evolution of Gold Deposits in China)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,878 Views
16 Pages

21 October 2024

Studying the basement characteristics and tectonic evolution of the proto-Yap Izu–Bonin–Mariana arc system can provide essential clues for understanding the subduction process in the Western Pacific Ocean. The Yap arc is a part of the Izu...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,384 Views
13 Pages

Effect of Microgravity on Rare Earth Elements Recovery by Burkholderia cepacia and Aspergillus niger

  • Ni He,
  • Zhongxian Zhang,
  • Xiaoyu Meng,
  • Sarangerel Davaasambuu and
  • Hongbo Zhao

21 October 2024

Rare earth elements (REEs) are indispensable in modern industry and technology, driving an urgent demand for innovative, eco-friendly recovery technologies. As space exploration advances, the impact of microgravity on microorganisms has become a foca...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,217 Views
16 Pages

Modeling and Hybrid Inversion of Mineral Deposits Using the Dipping Dike Model with Finite Depth Extent

  • Saulo Pomponet Oliveira,
  • Juarez dos Santos Azevedo,
  • Joelson da Conceição Batista and
  • Diego Menezes Novais

21 October 2024

The dipping dike model has shown to be a useful approximation for mineral deposits. To make this model more realistic, we include the thickness, which yields the depth to the bottom, as an additional parameter. The magnetic anomaly is obtained by com...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,058 Views
19 Pages

20 October 2024

The atomized reagent and synchronous jet pre-mineralization technology, as a novel method to enhance the flotation process, increases the solubility of fatty acid collectors in pulp through atomized reagent application and improves the mineralization...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Particle–Bubble Interactions in the Flotation Process)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,144 Views
19 Pages

The Crystal Chemistry of Boussingaultite, (NH4)2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O, and Its Derivatives in a Wide Temperature Range

  • Elena S. Zhitova,
  • Rezeda M. Sheveleva,
  • Andrey A. Zolotarev,
  • Roman Yu. Shendrik and ,
  • Elizaveta A. Pankrushina,
  • Konstantin A. Turovsky,
  • Margarita S. Avdontceva,
  • Maria G. Krzhizhanovskaya,
  • Natalia S. Vlasenko and
  • Sergey V. Krivovichev
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

20 October 2024

The crystal structure, thermal behavior, and vibrational spectra of the anthropogenic analogue of boussingaultite, (NH4)2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O, and its dehydrated counterpart efremovite, (NH4)2Mg2(SO4)3, were studied in detail. The sample from the Che...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Isomorphism, Chemical Variability, and Solid Solutions of Minerals and Related Compounds, 2nd Edition)
  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,527 Views
18 Pages

Accumulated Copper Tailing Solid Wastes with Specific Compositions Encourage Advances in Microbial Leaching

  • Juan Zhang,
  • Xiaojun Liu,
  • Xinyue Du,
  • Xin Wang and ,
  • Yifan Zeng and
  • Shukai Fan
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

20 October 2024

Against the backdrop of the increasing copper demand in a low-carbon economy, this work statistically forecasted the distribution of China’s copper tailings for the first time, and then characterized them as finely crushed and low-grade mining...

(This article belongs to the Topic Sustainable Recycling and Reuse of Industrial By-Products or Waste from Geo-Resource Exploitation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,446 Views
25 Pages

Potential for the Recovery of Selected Metals and Critical Raw Materials from Slags from Polymineral Zn–Pb Ore Metallurgy—Part I

  • Magdalena Cempa,
  • Paweł Lejwoda,
  • Klaudia Karabela,
  • Anna Pieprzyca and ,
  • Henryk Świnder and
  • Arkadiusz Bauerek
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

19 October 2024

Slags from the Silesia–Cracow Upland (Poland), including ten historical slags (deposited in waste dumps) and four contemporary slags (from current production), were examined to compare their chemical and mineralogical properties as well as to a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Characterization and Reuse of Slag)
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  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,914 Views
18 Pages

19 October 2024

This study investigates the potential of two quartz vein ores from the Hunza District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, as raw materials to obtain 4N8 high-purity quartz (HPQ) sand. Various quartz purification processes were examined, including ore calcin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Physicochemical Properties and Purification of Quartz Minerals)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,844 Views
14 Pages

‘Rhythmite’, Ca29(SiO4)8Cl26, an Anthropogenic Phase from the Chelyabinsk Coal Basin (Ural, Russia) with a Complex Modular Structure Related to α-Ca3SiO4Cl2 (‘Albovite’): Crystal Structure, Raman Spectra, and Thermal Expansion

  • Margarita S. Avdontceva,
  • Andrey A. Zolotarev,
  • Anastasia S. Brazhnikova,
  • Vladimir N. Bocharov and ,
  • Natalia S. Vlasenko,
  • Mikhail A. Rassomakhin and
  • Sergey V. Krivovichev
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

18 October 2024

‘Rhythmite’, Ca29(SiO4)8Cl26, an anthropogenic calcium chloride silicate from the Chelyabinsk coal basin (South Ural, Russia), was investigated using chemical microprobe analysis, in situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis (27&ndas...

(This article belongs to the Section Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,485 Views
17 Pages

18 October 2024

Over 30 small, discontinuous, tabular carbonatite bodies are located in the Sheep Creek area, Ravalli County, southwest Montana. The age and origin of these REE-Nb-rich deposits are currently being investigated. The purpose of this paper is to docume...

(This article belongs to the Section Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,097 Views
20 Pages

Mechanisms of Reservoir Space Preservation in Ultra-Deep Shales: Insights from the Ordovician–Silurian Wufeng–Longmaxi Formation, Eastern Sichuan Basin

  • Pengwan Wang,
  • Xiaolong He,
  • Ya’na Chen,
  • Chuan Xu and ,
  • Quanbin Cao,
  • Kai Yang and
  • Bing Zhang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

18 October 2024

This study aims to explore the reservoir characteristics and formation mechanisms of ultra-deep shale gas in the Ordovician–Silurian Wufeng–Longmaxi Formation in the Sichuan Basin in order to provide theoretical support and practical guid...

(This article belongs to the Topic Geomechanics and Engineering Evaluation of Fractured Oil and Gas Reservoirs)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,575 Views
27 Pages

Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Upper Paleozoic Coal in the Renjiazhuang Mining District, Northwest Ordos Basin, China: Evidence for Sediment Sources, Depositional Environment, and Elemental Occurrence

  • Meng Wu,
  • Yong Qin,
  • Guchun Zhang,
  • Jian Shen and ,
  • Jianxin Yu,
  • Xiaoyan Ji,
  • Shifei Zhu,
  • Wenqiang Wang,
  • Yali Wan and
  • Yunhu Qin
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

18 October 2024

This study aims to investigate the depositional environment, sediment sources, and elemental occurrence of Upper Paleozoic coal in the Renjiazhuang Mining District, Western Ordos Basin. Furthermore, SEM-EDX, optical microscope (OM), ICP-AES, ICP-MS,...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,340 Views
20 Pages

A Comparison Study on the Recovery of REEs from Red Mud by Sulfation Roasting–Water Leaching and Citric Acid Leaching

  • Hossein Shalchian,
  • Mohsen Hajizadeh Navakh,
  • Ionela Birloaga,
  • Abolfazl Babakhani and
  • Francesco Vegliò

18 October 2024

In this study, the recovery of rare earth elements (REEs) from red mud (bauxite residue) was explored through a combination of citric acid leaching and sulfation roasting–water leaching processes, introducing an innovative approach to the field...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recycling of Mining and Solid Wastes)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,450 Views
17 Pages

Acceleration of Numerical Modeling of Uranium In Situ Leaching: Application of IDW Interpolation and Neural Networks for Solving the Hydraulic Head Equation

  • Maksat B. Kurmanseiit,
  • Madina S. Tungatarova,
  • Banu Z. Abdullayeva,
  • Daniar Y. Aizhulov and
  • Nurlan M. Shayakhmetov

18 October 2024

The application of In Situ Leaching (ISL) has significantly boosted uranium production in countries like Kazakhstan. Given that hydrodynamic and chemical processes occur underground, mining enterprises worldwide have developed models of reactive tran...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,983 Views
15 Pages

The Contribution of Carbonaceous Material to Gold Mineralization in the Huangjindong Deposit, Central Jiangnan Orogen, China

  • Yueqiang Zhou,
  • Zhilin Wen,
  • Yongjun Liu,
  • Jun Wu and ,
  • Baoliang Huang,
  • Hengcheng He,
  • Yuxiang Luo,
  • Peng Fan,
  • Xiang Wang and
  • Mei Xiao
  • + 9 authors+ 4 authors

17 October 2024

The Huangjindong gold deposit in northeastern Hunan is one of the most representative gold deposits in the Jiangnan Orogenic Belt. The orebodies are mainly hosted in the Neoproterozoic Lengjiaxi Group, which comprises carbonaceous slates. Abundant ca...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microanalysis Applied to Mineral Deposits)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,344 Views
17 Pages

A Cippus from Turris Libisonis: Evidence for the Use of Local Materials in Roman Painting on Stone in Northern Sardinia

  • Roberta Iannaccone,
  • Stefano Giuliani,
  • Sara Lenzi,
  • Matteo M. N. Franceschini and ,
  • Silvia Vettori and
  • Barbara Salvadori
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

17 October 2024

The ancient Roman town of Turris Libisonis was located on the northern coast of Sardinia and was known in the past as an important naval port. Located in the Gulf of Asinara, it was a Roman colony from the 1st century BCE and became one of the riches...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Geomaterials and Cultural Heritage)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,552 Views
15 Pages

Influence of Particle Size on Flotation Separation of Ilmenite and Forsterite

  • Senpeng Zhang,
  • Yaohui Yang,
  • Donghui Wang,
  • Weiping Yan and
  • Weishi Li

17 October 2024

In addition to bubble–particle interaction, particle–particle interaction also has a significant influence on mineral flotation. Fine particles that coat the mineral surface prevent direct contact with collectors and/or air bubbles, there...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from the 7th International Conference of Young Scholars in Mineral Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,486 Views
20 Pages

17 October 2024

This paper studies the influence of the staged particle sieving-out method on the seepage characteristics in loose sandstone heap leaching. The staged sieving out of ore sample particles was conducted according to particle size, and ground pressure w...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,683 Views
42 Pages

17 October 2024

The Václav vein (Březové Hory deposit, Příbram ore area, Czech Republic) is a base–metal vein containing minor Cu-Zn-Pb-Ag-Sb sulfidic mineralization in a usually hematitized gangue. A detailed mineralogical study...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,419 Views
18 Pages

Microfacies and Evolution of the Carbonate Factory During the Middle Permian in Northwest Sichuan Basin, China

  • Siyu Zhou,
  • Dakang Zhong,
  • Haitao Sun,
  • Xiaojie Huang and ,
  • Chenguang Wang and
  • Xuanwei Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

17 October 2024

Located in the eastern Paleo-Tethys Ocean and near the equator, carbonate sedimentation widely developed in the Sichuan Basin in the Permian Guadalupian period. Although the growth and decline of carbonate particles are closely related to the surroun...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,716 Views
16 Pages

Pyrite Depression by Sodium Metabisulfite in Freshwater and Seawater with Copper Activation

  • César I. Castellón,
  • Pedro Toledo,
  • Francisco Rojas,
  • Felipe D. Sepúlveda and
  • Ricardo I. Jeldres

16 October 2024

Pyrite has natural floatability and thus readily enters valuable mineral flotation concentrates, diluting their quality and decreasing their economic value. Its separation is challenging, depending on process conditions, the presence of activating io...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,803 Views
25 Pages

Applying Alkali Activator and Hydrophobic Agents in Clay-Based Mortars for Enhanced Properties

  • Aspasia Karozou,
  • Fotini Kesikidou,
  • Eleni Pavlidou and
  • Maria Stefanidou

15 October 2024

Clay-based mortars are susceptible to water intake and exhibit low mechanical strength, presenting challenges in their application within the construction sector. This research addresses these vulnerabilities by investigating the combination of alkal...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Alkali Activation of Clay-Based Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,848 Views
19 Pages

15 October 2024

Controversy surrounds the forming time and tectonic background of the Kaijiang–Liangping Trough in the northern Sichuan Basin. The Wuchiapingian Formation, surrounding this Late Permian trough, contains tuffs, and industrial gas reservoirs have...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue LA-ICP-MS and LIBS Applied to Minerals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,918 Views
15 Pages

15 October 2024

In this work, a series of electrical conductivities of pyrite-bearing dacite were measured under 10−1–106 Hz, 573–973 K, 1.0–3.0 GPa, and different pyrite contents ranging from 0 vol.% to 20 vol.%) using a Solartron–1260...

(This article belongs to the Section Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,190 Views
19 Pages

Genesis of Xinjiazui Gold Deposit: In Situ Geochemical Constraints from Arsenopyrite

  • Ji Liu,
  • Shaolei Kou,
  • Zhanbin Wang,
  • Yixiang Zhang and ,
  • Yuan Pan,
  • Dongping Ji,
  • Yuan Tian,
  • Hao Chen and
  • Chao Gao
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

15 October 2024

The Xinjiazui gold deposit marks a notable significance in prospecting within the Back-Longmenshan tectonic belt, located on the northwest margin of the Yangtze Block, China. Despite the extensive studies conducted on this deposit, the source of the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Formation and Evolution of Gold Deposits in China)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,112 Views
15 Pages

14 October 2024

Sulfate anions (SO42−) are pivotal in various scientific and industrial domains, including mineralogy, biology, and materials science. While extensive research has elucidated sulfate hydration in bulk solids, liquids, and gaseous clusters, a si...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Graphite Minerals and Graphene, 2nd Edition)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,250 Views
18 Pages

Aeschynite Group Minerals Are a Potential Recovery Target for Niobium Resources at the Giant Bayan Obo Nb–REE–Fe Deposit in China

  • Bo Yang,
  • Li Yang,
  • Yong-Gang Zhao,
  • Guo-Ying Yan and ,
  • Jian-Yong Liu,
  • Wen-Xiang Meng,
  • Jun-Fang Yu,
  • Lei Chen,
  • Xiao-Chun Li and
  • Xian-Hua Li
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

14 October 2024

With the development of the steel industry, China’s demand for niobium is increasing. However, domestic niobium resources are not yet stably supplied and are heavily dependent on imports from abroad (nearly 100%). It is urgent to develop domest...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mineral Resources in North China Craton)
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  • Open Access
2,119 Views
25 Pages

14 October 2024

The Batailing Au deposit is a vein-type deposit in central Jilin Province, situated in the southern sector of the Lesser Xing’an–Zhangguangcai Range within the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt. NE-trending fault-controlled orebodies oc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Native Gold as a Specific Indicator Mineral for Gold Deposits, 2nd Edition)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,580 Views
19 Pages

Enhancing Iron Ore Grindability through Hybrid Thermal-Mechanical Pretreatment

  • Sefiu O. Adewuyi,
  • Hussin A. M. Ahmed,
  • Angelina Anani,
  • Abdu Saeed and ,
  • Haitham M. Ahmed,
  • Reem Alwafi and
  • Kray Luxbacher
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

14 October 2024

Grinding is an important process of ore beneficiation that consumes a significant amount of energy. Pretreating ore before grinding has been proposed to improve ore grindability, reduce comminution energy, and enhance downstream operations. This pape...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Comminution and Comminution Circuits Optimisation: 3rd Edition)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,876 Views
22 Pages

13 October 2024

Due to the influence of terrigenous debris, the internal pore structure of continental shale is highly heterogeneous, and the controlling factors are complex. This paper studies the structure and controlling factors of shale reservoirs in the first m...

(This article belongs to the Topic Reservoir Characteristics and Evolution Mechanisms of the Shale)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,585 Views
13 Pages

13 October 2024

Copper sulfide ores frequently co-occur with pyrite, presenting a significant challenge for their selective separation during beneficiation processes. Despite advancements in flotation technology, there remains a critical need for efficient methods t...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,329 Views
12 Pages

Chromium Immobilization as Cr-Spinel by Regulation of Fe(II) and Fe(III) Concentrations

  • Tianci Hua,
  • Yanzhang Li,
  • Bingxu Hou,
  • Yimei Du and ,
  • Anhuai Lu and
  • Yan Li
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

13 October 2024

The complex environmental conditions at Cr-contaminated sites, characterized by uneven ion distribution, oxidants competition, and limited solid-phase mobility, lead to inadequate mixing of Fe-based reducing agents with Cr, posing significant challen...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,401 Views
17 Pages

12 October 2024

Calcium carbonate, renowned for its affordability and potent dephosphorization capabilities, finds widespread use as a dephosphorization agent in the direct reduction roasting of high-phosphorus oolitic hematite (HPOIO). However, its precise impact o...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)
  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,353 Views
28 Pages

A Review of the Mineral Chemistry and Crystallization Conditions of Ediacaran–Cambrian A-Type Granites in the Central Subprovince of the Borborema Province, Northeastern Brazil

  • Jefferson Valdemiro de Lima,
  • Ignez de Pinho Guimarães,
  • José Victor Antunes de Amorim,
  • Caio Cezar Garnier Brainer and ,
  • Lucilene dos Santos and
  • Adejardo Francisco da Silva Filho
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

11 October 2024

Ediacaran–Cambrian magmatism in the Central Subprovince (Borborema Province, NE Brazil) generated abundant A-type granites. This study reviews published whole-rock and mineral chemistry data from thirteen Ediacaran–Cambrian A-type intrusi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mineral Chemistry of Granitoids: Constraints on Crystallization Conditions and Petrological Evolution)
  • Review
  • Open Access
77 Citations
17,161 Views
36 Pages

A Review of Mineral Prospectivity Mapping Using Deep Learning

  • Kang Sun,
  • Yansi Chen,
  • Guoshuai Geng,
  • Zongyue Lu and ,
  • Wei Zhang,
  • Zhihong Song,
  • Jiyun Guan,
  • Yang Zhao and
  • Zhaonian Zhang
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

10 October 2024

Mineral resources are of great significance in the development of the national economy. Prospecting and forecasting are the key to ensure the security of mineral resources supply, promote economic development, and maintain social stability. The metho...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,479 Views
24 Pages

10 October 2024

Three nano-resolution petrological microtextures were discovered in the siliceous shale at the bottom of the Longmaxi Formation in the Zigong area, Sichuan Basin. Based on observations of the occurrences of the minerals, organic matter, and organic m...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,405 Views
12 Pages

Hybrid Modeling and Simulation of the Grinding and Classification Process Driven by Multi-Source Compensation

  • Jiawei Yang,
  • Guobin Zou,
  • Junwu Zhou,
  • Qingkai Wang and ,
  • Tao Song and
  • Kang Li
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

10 October 2024

The grinding process is a key link in mineral processing production and a typical complex, controlled process. The steady-state model is limited by its model structure and thus difficult to applyied in a control system. A hybrid modeling method drive...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Physical Separation of Gold, Iron Ore and Rare Earth Minerals)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,859 Views
18 Pages

10 October 2024

In this manuscript, I introduce a convenient method to convert the Euler angles (complete crystal orientations) obtained with EBSD (electron back-scattered diffraction) to the azimuth and inclination angle of crystallographic axes to reconstruct the...

(This article belongs to the Section Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,198 Views
17 Pages

Retardation of Chlorine-36 by Cementitious Materials Relevant to the Disposal of Radioactive Wastes

  • Matthew Isaacs,
  • Steve Lange,
  • Antoni E. Milodowski,
  • Dirk Bosbach and ,
  • David Read and
  • Guido Deissmann
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

9 October 2024

The activation product chlorine-36 (36Cl) is an important radionuclide within the context of the disposal of nuclear wastes, due to its long half-life and environmental mobility. Its behaviour in a range of potential cementitious encapsulants and bac...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,041 Views
16 Pages

Sampling Confined Fission Tracks for Constraining Geological Thermal Histories

  • Raymond Jonckheere,
  • Carolin Aslanian,
  • Hongyang Fu and
  • Florian Trilsch

8 October 2024

Fission-track modeling rests on etching, counting and measuring the lattice damage trails from uranium fission. The tools for interpreting fission-track data are advanced but the results are never better than the data. Confined-track samples must be...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Thermal History Modeling of Low-Temperature Thermochronological Data)
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28 Citations
3,535 Views
24 Pages

Evaluation of Deep Isolation Forest (DIF) Algorithm for Mineral Prospectivity Mapping of Polymetallic Deposits

  • Mobin Saremi,
  • Milad Bagheri,
  • Seyyed Ataollah Agha Seyyed Mirzabozorg,
  • Najmaldin Ezaldin Hassan and ,
  • Zohre Hoseinzade,
  • Abbas Maghsoudi,
  • Shahabaldin Rezania,
  • Hojjatollah Ranjbar,
  • Basem Zoheir and
  • Amin Beiranvand Pour
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

8 October 2024

Mineral prospectivity mapping (MPM) is crucial for efficient mineral exploration, where prospective zones are identified in a cost-effective manner. This study focuses on generating prospectivity maps for hydrothermal polymetallic mineralization in t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Exploration of Critical Minerals: Integrating Multi-Source Data for Enhanced Mineral Prospectivity Mapping)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,352 Views
19 Pages

Genesis of the Sanhetun Tellurium–Gold Deposit, Northeast China: Constraints from In Situ Elemental and Sulfur Isotopic Compositions of Pyrite

  • Mengmeng Zhang,
  • Junfeng Shen,
  • Chenglu Li,
  • M. Santosh and ,
  • Kexin Xu,
  • Gexue Zhao and
  • Huajuan Gu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

8 October 2024

The Sanhetun tellurium–gold (Te–Au) deposit, located in the Duobaoshan polymetallic metallogenic belt (DPMB) within the eastern section of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB), is a newly discovered small-scale gold deposit. The mineral...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selenium, Tellurium and Precious Metal Mineralogy)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,168 Views
21 Pages

Experimental vs. Natural Mineral Precipitation in Modern Microbialites: The Case Study of the Alkaline Bagno Dell’acqua Lake (Pantelleria Island, Italy)

  • Michela Ingrassia,
  • Aida Maria Conte,
  • Cristina Perinelli,
  • Luca Aldega and ,
  • Letizia Di Bella,
  • Cristina Mazzoni,
  • Stefano Fazi,
  • Francesco Giuseppe Falese,
  • Tania Ruspandini and
  • Francesco Latino Chiocci
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8 October 2024

Microbial activity has been documented in various lacustrine environments, suggesting its fundamental role in mineral precipitation and, therefore, in the formation of organo-deposits such as microbialites. Many studies are currently focused on docum...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Life and Carbonate: Biotic and Abiotic Fingerprints in Past and Recent Carbonate Sediments)
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17 Pages

Joint Inversion of DC Resistivity and Gravity Data with Undulating Terrain Based on Deformed Hexahedral Mesh

  • Peng Sun,
  • Tonglin Li,
  • Rongzhe Zhang,
  • Hetian Yang and ,
  • Haoyuan He,
  • Xinze Kang and
  • Xianghao Liu
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7 October 2024

In the field of mineral resource exploration, accurate imaging of subsurface structures is key to discovering and assessing potential mineral deposits. Traditional single geophysical methods, limited by terrain variations and their own constraints, c...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications)
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2,447 Views
23 Pages

Procedure Design and Reliability Analysis for Prediction of Surface Subsidence of a Metal Mine Induced by Block Caving Method—A Case Study of Pulang Copper Mine in China

  • Weijia Ling,
  • Zhonghua Zhu,
  • Xinglong Feng,
  • Liguan Wang and ,
  • Weixiong Wang,
  • Zhengrong Li and
  • Jiadong Qiu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

7 October 2024

Surface subsidence resulting from block caving mining causes considerable environmental and economic harm in mining areas, highlighting the critical need for accurate predictions of surface subsidence. Given the unique features of the block caving te...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)
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  • Open Access
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2,214 Views
14 Pages

7 October 2024

Elevation static correction is an important step in seismic data processing used to eliminate distortions in events caused by surface fluctuations. There is a well-established processing sequence for active-source seismic data, with static correction...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications)
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  • Open Access
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2,220 Views
23 Pages

6 October 2024

The coexistence of numerous Mississippi-Valley-type (MVT) Zn–Pb deposits and (paleo) oil/gas reservoirs in the world suggests a close genetic relationship between mineralization and hydrocarbon accumulation. Xuequ–Shandouya middle MVT Zn&...

(This article belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

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