lime in gold ore mining process flotation cyanidation
Feb 18, 2021 Types of gold-bearing deposits found amenable to heap leaching are as follows (1) Limey siltstone containing submicrometer-size gold particles and minute amounts of pyrite, galena, cinnabar, and stibnite, (2) sillcified siltstones containing micrometer-size particles of gold, often associated with residual iron oxides, (3) sanded dolomite ore ... Gold is found in very low concentrations in the ores from which it is mined. Generally, to recover the gold requires separation of it from the associated minerals in the ore, which could be achieved by selectively dissolving the gold in a suitable lixiviant. Worldwide, majority of gold is extracted from it ores using cyanide as a lixiviant.