Typical Metallurgical Balance

Typical Metallurgical Balance

Product

% Wt.

Assays %

Distribution %

lb./ ton

Zn

Fe

Pb

Zn

Fe

Mill Feed

100

4.68

4.96

19.7

100

100

100

Lead Concentrate

6.12

71.76

1.83

4.79

93.95

2.26

1.49

Zinc Concentrate

9.25

1.07

50.00

13.19

2.12

93.16

6.19

Tailing

84.63

0.22

0.27

21.48

3.93

4.58

92.32

The metallurgical results obtained in the laboratory treatment of one typical lead-zinc-pyrite-pyrrhotite ore are presented in the tables, below.

 

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