Mineral separation system
AssigneeMason-Grey Corporation
InventorJoseph Reini
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Abstract
A system configured to separate minerals is disclosed. The system may include one or more crushers configured to crush ore. The system may further include a hydrocyclone configured to receive and process a feed to divide the feed into a first feed portion and a second feed portion. The feed may be a mixture of crushed ore and water. The system may further include a plurality of spiral circuits configured to process the second feed portion to divide the second feed portion into concentrate and tailings. The concentrate may include copper and the tailings may include basalt. The system may further include one or more processing components configured to process the tailings to form a supplementary cementitious material.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- one or more crushers configured to crush ore;
- a hydrocyclone configured to receive and process a feed to divide the feed into a first feed portion and a second feed portion, wherein the feed is a mixture of crushed ore and water;
- a plurality of spiral circuits configured to process the second feed portion to divide the second feed portion into a concentrate and tailings, wherein the concentrate comprises copper and the tailings comprises basalt;
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- one or more first processing components configured to process the tailings to form a supplementary cementitious material.
A method comprising:
- crushing ore;
- receiving and processing a feed to divide the feed into a first feed portion and a second feed portion, wherein the feed is a mixture of crushed ore and water;
- processing the second feed portion to divide the second feed portion into a concentrate and tailings, wherein the concentrate comprises copper and the tailings comprises basalt;
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- processing the tailings to form a supplementary cementitious material.
A system comprising:
- one or more crushers configured to crush ore;
- a hydrocyclone configured to receive and process a feed to divide the feed into a first feed portion and a second feed portion, wherein the feed is a mixture of crushed ore and water;
- a plurality of spiral circuits configured to process the second feed portion to divide the second feed portion into a concentrate and tailings, wherein the concentrate comprises copper and the tailings comprises basalt;
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- one or more processing components configured to process the tailings to form a supplementary cementitious material, wherein the one or more processing components comprises a grinder configured to grind the tailings from a first particle size to a second particle size.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.