Liberation Size and Beneficiation Of Arufu Lead Ore, Nasarawa State, North-Central Nigeria

  Obassi Ettu,  D.T. Gundu,  U.M. Akindele

The lead ore sample was obtained from Arufu mining site, Nasarawa State, Nigeria. The ore was pulverized, sieved to liberation size and beneficiated. The mesh of grind was found to be 198μm and liberation size established to be 63μm sieve size having the highest percentage of lead of 17.3% then upgraded to 53.3%Pb by froth flotation method and was assessed by using x-ray fluorescence (XRF).The lead concentrate by weight was obtained to be 65%, confirmed being of high economic grade having surpassed 60% wt Pb element in an ore. The study recommended further investigation to be done especially to establish the reserve estimate of the deposit.

Keywords- LIBERATION SIZE, ARUFU LEAD ORE, MINERAL PROCESSING, BENEFICIATION

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1501019
Page Number(s) - 90-94
Pubished in - Volume 3 | Issue 1 | Jan 2015
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) -    DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING KADUNA POLYTECHNIC
Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Obassi Ettu,  D.T. Gundu,  U.M. Akindele,   "Liberation Size and Beneficiation Of Arufu Lead Ore, Nasarawa State, North-Central Nigeria", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.3, Issue 1, pp.90-94, Jan 2015, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1501019.pdf