Some quantitative aspects of the major types of ores at the Ržanovo Fe-Ni lateritic deposit, R. Macedonia

Serafimovski, Todor and Boev, Blazo and Tasev, Goran (2012) Some quantitative aspects of the major types of ores at the Ržanovo Fe-Ni lateritic deposit, R. Macedonia. Geologica Macedonica, 26 (1). pp. 21-35. ISSN 0352-1206

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Abstract

The results of detailed laboratory studies of ores from the laterite Fe-Ni deposit Ržanovo, Republic
of Macedonia, enabled separation of 9 types of ore and definition of the chemical composition of these ore types
and quantitative mineral presence in them. In all of ore types was defined nickel content in the range from 0.34 to
3.1% NiO. However, the most productive types are considered massive magnetite ore, schist magnetite ore, schist
hematite and massive hematite ore. Economically the most important is the compact hematite ore with nickel content
within the range of 0.93 to 1.49% Ni. The main mineral phases (nickel bearers) in the Ržanovo deposit are: magnetite,
hematite, clinochlore, talc, sepiolite, magnesioribekite, lizardite, dolomite, phlogopite and stilpnomelane. Percentage
of the most abundant mineral in the ore deposit Ržanovo is hematite with 40.61%, followed by talc with
20.90%, amphibole 13.60%, magnetite with 11, 16% and clinochlore with 10.65%. High iron content by 55% Fe2O3
is characteristic of magnetite and hematite ores, while the high silicon content over 50% SiO2 is characteristic for
magnesioribekite, talc, schists etc.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Natural sciences > Earth and related environmental sciences
Divisions: Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences
Depositing User: Todor Serafimovski
Date Deposited: 23 Jan 2014 13:04
Last Modified: 23 Jan 2014 13:04
URI: https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/8787

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