Characterization of secondary native selenium in the Yutangba Se deposit, Western Hubei, China

Liu, Jiajun, Cao, Ye, Carranza, Emmanuel John M., Feng, Caixia, Zhai, Degao, Wang, Jianping, and Li, Jingxian (2014) Characterization of secondary native selenium in the Yutangba Se deposit, Western Hubei, China. Resource Geology, 64 (3). pp. 271-281.

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Abstract

Secondary native Se minerals that are appreciably coarser grained and vary morphologically than primary native Se minerals were observed in the abandoned dumps of the No. 3 and No. 4 orebodies of the Yutangba Se deposit, western Hubei Province, China. The secondary native Se minerals exhibit three crystal forms, namely prismatic, tabular, and granular. Based on geochemical and mineralogical data, the secondary native Se minerals are interpreted to have resulted from natural oxidation of selenide minerals in the primary Se ores, or from vaporization of Se caused by burning of "stone coal" (a highly carbonaceous mudstone) during the production of lime. The occurrence of secondary native Se minerals in the deposit would be helpful not only to further study on mineralogy, ore geochemistry and environmental geochemistry of Se, but also to improve the technology of reclaiming Se from the black rock series.

Item ID: 33851
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1751-3928
Keywords: China, Hubei, microscopic morphology, native Se, secondary enrichment, Yutangba
Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSF), Major Basic Research Program of People's Republic of China, Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education, China (SRF), China Geological Survey, Ministry of Education and the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs
Projects and Grants: NNSF Grant no. 41030423, Major Basic Research Program of People's Republic of China Grant no. 2014CB440903, SRF Grant no. 20130022110001, NNSF Grant no. 40973035, NNSF Grant no. 40972071, NNSF Grant no. 41173062, China Geological Survey Grant no. 1212011120354, China Geological Survey Grant no. 1212011220924, Ministry of Education and the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs Grant No. B07011
Date Deposited: 01 Jul 2014 00:10
FoR Codes: 04 EARTH SCIENCES > 0403 Geology > 040306 Mineralogy and Crystallography @ 60%
04 EARTH SCIENCES > 0402 Geochemistry > 040202 Inorganic Geochemistry @ 40%
SEO Codes: 84 MINERAL RESOURCES (excl. Energy Resources) > 8401 Mineral Exploration > 840199 Mineral Exploration not elsewhere classified @ 30%
84 MINERAL RESOURCES (excl. Energy Resources) > 8498 Environmentally Sustainable Mineral Resource Activities > 849899 Environmentally Sustainable Mineral Resource Activities not elsewhere classified @ 35%
84 MINERAL RESOURCES (excl. Energy Resources) > 8402 Primary Mining and Extraction Processes of Mineral Resources > 840299 Primary Mining and Extraction of Mineral Resources not elsewhere classified @ 35%
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