Ore Deposit Index

Extractive Metallurgy  /  Heap Leaching  /  Ore Processing Techniques  / Smelting Ore

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Ammen, C. W. / RECOVERY AND REFINING OF PRECIOUS METALS, 2nd Edition, Edmonton, 1993, pb, 441 pages, - 1 -, $ 99

Arbiter, N., Ed. / MILLING METHODS IN THE AMERICAS, New York, 1964, pb, 486 pages, - 3 -, $ 40

Bain, H. F., Ed. / MORE RECENT CYANIDE PRACTICE, San Francisco, 1910, cl, 418 pages, 6 pages of advertisements, wear on spine, ovg, - 3 -, $ 25

Biswas, A. K. and Davenport, W. G. / EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY OF COPPER, 2nd Edition, Oxford, 1980, cl, 438 pages, - 2 -, $ 59

Biswas, A. K. and Davenport, W. G. / EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY OF COPPER, 3rd Edition, Exeter, 1994, cl, 500 pages, - 2 -, $ 109

Callow, J. M., et.al. / METALLURGICAL BULLETIN, the General Electric Company, Salt Lake City, 1929, pb, 127 pages, - 3 -, $ 95 [covers all related topics related to processing ore: flow charts of cyanide, floatation, and gravity concentration plants; tables, charts and photographs of MacIntosh Floatation Cells, the 500 ton pneumatic flotation plant at Mullan, Idaho; the ball mill floor at the Utah-Apex Milling Company, Bingham, Utah; MacIntosh Floatation cells at the Silver King Coalition Mines, Park City, Utah]

Christianson, P. / LOSSES OF SILVER IN SCORIFICATION, 1894 thesis, University of Minnesota, 25 hand written pages detailing the scorification process and the causes of metal loss during the process, in original binding, $ 75

Cigan, J. M., Mackey, T. S., and O’Keefe, T. J. / LEAD-ZINC-TIN, LZT 80, TMS-AIME World Symposium, Warrendale, 1983, cl, 1045 pages, - 2 -, $ 69

Cooper, W. C., Kemp, D. J., Lagos, G. E., and Tan, K. G., Ed. / HYDROMETALLURGY AND ELECTOMETALLURGY OF COPPER, Volume III, New York, 1991, cl, 684 pages, $ 75 [Proceedings of 1991 Copper Symposium in Ottawa]

Cotterhill, C. H. and Cigan, J. M. / AIME WORLD SYMPOSIUM ON MINING AND METALLURGY OF LEAD AND ZINC, Volume 2, Extractive Metallurgy of Lead & Zinc, New York, 1970, cl, 1090 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Cutler, H. C. / THE CYANIDE PROCESS, ITS TECHNICAL APPLICATION, 1895 thesis, University of Minnesota, cl3, $100 [details the early use of cyanide in South Africa and Australia]

Dorr, J. V. N. / CYANIDATION AND CONCENTRATION OF GOLD AND SILVER ORES, New York, 1936, cl, 485 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Dow Chemical Company / FLOTATION FUNDAMENTALS AND MINING CHEMICALS, Midland, 1970, spiral bound, 118 pages, - 2 -, $ 28

Du Pont, E. I. de Nemours & Company / SODIUM CYANIDE: Properties, Uses, Storage and Handling, Wilmington, no date, pb, 20 pages, - 3 -, $ 5

E&MJ / THE BEST OF E&MJ: MINING AND PROCESSING IDEA BOOK, pb, 128 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

ERC Particle Science & Technology - A National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center - Instructional Module Series: Klimpel, R. R. / INTRODUCTION TO SOLID-SOLID SEPARATION OF FINE PARTICLES BY FROTH FLOATATION, Gainsville, 1998, pb, 40 pages, <and> Klimpel, R. R. / INTRODUCTION TO SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATION, Gainesville, 1998, pb, 36 pages, <and> Klimpel, R. R. / INTRODUCTION TO SOLID-SOLID SEPARATION OF FINE PARTICLES BY PHYSICAL MEANS, Gainsville, 1998, pb, 48 pages, <and> Zaman, A. A. / TECHNIQUES IN RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS: FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS, Gainesville, 1998, pb, 48 pages, - 3 -, sold only as a set of 4 books, $ 40

Evans, D. J. I. and Shoemaker, R. S.  /  INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF HYDROMETALLURGY, New York, 1973, cl, 1184 pages, - 1 -, $ 50

Fuerstenau, M. C. and Han, K. N. / PRINCIPLES OF MINERAL PROCESSING, Littleton, 2003, cl, 573 pages, - 1 - , $ 154

Fuerstenau, D. W., Ed. / FROTH FLOTATION: AIME 50^th Anniversary Volume, New York, 1962, cl, 677 pages, - 3 -, $ 60

Gaudin, A. M. / FLOTATION, New York, 1932, cl, 552 pages, -3 -, $ 40

Gaudin, A. M. / PRINCIPLES OF MINERAL DRESSING, New York, 1939, cl, 554 pages, - 2 -, $ 40

Gaudin, A. M., et.al. / 50th ANNIVERSARY OF FROTH FLOTATION IN THE USA, In: Quarterly of the Colorado School of Mines, Volume 56, # 3, Golden, 1961, pb, 600 pages in two volumes, - 5 -, $ 60  [To see other titles in the Quarterly of the CSM series click here]

George, D. B. and Taylor, J. C., Ed. / COPPER SMELTING - AN UPDATE, Proceedings of a symposium sponsored by AIME, New York, 1981, cl, 345 pages, - 2 -, $ 30

Harbison-Waler Refractories Company / MODERN REFACTORY PRACTICE, Pittsburgh, cl, 178 pages, - 5 -, $ 165 [Detailed illustrations of kilns, furnaces, converters, cupola, spans, arches, with details of the bricks used in the construction of same; gives melting points of metals, minerals, oxides, color scale for temperatures, weights of materials, formulae for calculating brickwork; original binding with wear, especially along spine]

Hausen, D. M. and Park, W. C. / PROCESS MINERALOGY: Extractive Metallurgy, Mineral Exploration, Energy Resources, New York, 1981, cl, publication of the Metallurgical Society of AIME (110^th Annual Meeting in Chicago, 1981), 713 pages, - 3 -, $ 50

Hedley, N. and Tabachnick, H. / CHEMISTRY OF CYANIDATION, MINERAL DRESSING NOTES OF AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY, New York, 1958, pb, 54 pages, - 3 -, $ 20

Hixon, H. W. / NOTES ON LEAD AND COPPER SMELTING AND COPPER CONVERTING, 3rd Edition, New York, 1900, cl, 121 pages, 18 detailed plates of the copper-converting plant of the Anaconda Mining Company in 1893, 29 figs., - 2 -, $ 75

Hoffman, J. E., et.al. / THE ELECTROREFINING AND WINING OF COPPER, TMS Symposium, Warrendale, 1987, cl, 550 pages, - 2 -, $ 79

Hofman, H. O. / THE METALLURGY OF LEAD and the Desilverization of Base Bullion, New York, 1894, cl, 414 pages, - 3 -, $ 125

Hofman, H. O. / METALLURGY OF COPPER, 1^st Ed., New York, 1914, cl, 556 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Hoover, H. C. and Hoover, L. H. / GEORGIUS AGRICOLA DE RE METALLICA, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556, New York, 1950, cl, 638 pages, - 3 -, $ 40

Jain, S. K. / ORE PROCESSING, Rotterdam, 1987, cl, 518 pages, - 3 -, $ 70 [Contains fundamental principles and industrial aspects of ore processing; gives history, economics, sizing, floatation; magnetic, solid-fluid and electrial separation, more...]

Jergensen, G. V., II, Ed. / COPPER LEACHING, SOLVENT EXTRACTION, AND ELECTROWINNING TECHNOLOGY, Littleton, 1999, pb, 296 pages, - 1 -, $ 85  [Book is divided into four sections: The Business of Technology of SX-EW (7 sections), Theory and Practice of Copper Leaching (4 sections), and Theory and Practice of Solvent Extraction (5 sections)]

Johnson, R. E., Ed. / COPPER AND NICKEL CONVERTERS, Proceedings of a TMS-AIME Symposium, New York, 1979, cl, 395 pages, - 2 -, $ 36

Lynch, A. J. and Rowland, C. A. / THE HISTORY OF GRINDING, Littleton, 2005, pb, 209 pages, - 1 -, $ 119 [Includes these chapters: Size Reduction from the Stone Age to the Space Age; Handstones; Water Wheels, Windmills, and Beyond; Stamp Mills and Crushers; Roller Mills; Fine-Grinding Mills; Classifiers; Explosive Rock Breakage, more....]

Mackey, T. S. and Prengaman, R. D. / LEAD-ZINC, LZ’90, Proceedings of a World Symposium on Metallurgy and Environmental Control sponsored by TMS, Warrendale, 1990, cl, 1086 pages, - 2 -, $ 89

Merritt, R. C. / THE EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY OF URANIUM, Golden, 1971, cl, 576 pages, - 2 -, $ 525

Oberbillig, E., et.al. / HOLLY MINERALS’ NEW THREE-STEP PROCESS FOR IMPURE MERCURY ORES, Pullman, 1958, pb, 4 pages,4 tables, 3 figs., - 3 -, $ 15

Peters, E. D. / THE PRINCIPLES OF COPPER SMELTING, 1^st Edition, New York, 1907, cl, 612 pages, - 3 -, $ 50

Power and Mining Machinery Company Bulletin 40 / WOODBURY SYSTEM OF CONCENTRATION, Cudahy, 1912, pb, 24 pages, 4 figs., 4 plates, - 3 -, $ 125 [This is an original copy; Covers the Woodbury System of concentration, Woodbury slime classifiers, Woodbury jigs, Woodbury Bull jigs, water requirements, general application, diagrams of set ups, more...]

Power and Mining Machinery Company Bulletin 43 / WET GRINDING TUBE MILLS, Cudahy, 1913, pb, 21 pages, 11 figs., - 3 -, $ 110 [This is an original copy; Cover wet grinding mills, their structure, components and operation with illustrations; shows internal structure with cross-sections; diagram of set up; tables of dimensions for spur gear driven tube mills; and silent chain drives for tube mills]

Rarekh, B. K. and Miller, J. D. / ADVANCES IN FLOTATION TECHNOLOGY, Littleton, 1999, pb, 463 pages, - 1 -, $ 95

Ranney, M. W. / FLOTATION AGENTS AND PROCESSES: Technology and Applications, Park Ridge, 1980, cl, 372 pages, - 1 -, $ 75

Rausch, D. O. and Mariacher, B. C., Ed. / AIME WORLD SYMPOSIUM ON MINING AND METALLURGY OF LEAD AND ZINC, Volume 1, Mining and Concentrating of Lead and Zinc, New York, 1970, cl, 1017 pages, - 2 -, $ 35

Richards, R. H. / A TEXT-BOOK OF ORE DRESSING, New York, 1909, cl, 702 pages, - 3 -, $ 45

Richards, R. H. and Locke, C. E. / TEXTBOOK OF ORE DRESSING, 3^rd Edition, New York, 1940, cl, 608 pages, - 3 -, $ 140

Rickard, T. A. / THE FLOTATION PROCESS, 1st Edition, San Francisco, 1916, cl, 364 pages, - 5 -, $ 75

Rickard, T. A. / THE FLOTATION PROCESS, 1st Edition, San Francisco, 1917, cl, 364 pages, - 3 -, $ 95

Schlitt, W. J., Larson, W. C., and Hiskey, J. B. / GOLD AND SILVER: Leaching, Recovery, and Economics, Hoboken, 1981, pb, 148 pages, proceedings of the 110^th AIME meeting in Chicago, $ 28

Scott, P.W. and Bristow, C. M., Ed. / INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY GEOLOGY [Produced by the Geological Society of London], Bath, 2002, cl 376 pages, $ 125

Smith, C. D. B. / THE TREND OF PROCESS AND ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES IN NEW BASE METAL EXTRACTION PROJECTS, Perth, 1970, pb, 12 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

Sohn, H. Y., George, D. B., and Zunkel, A. D. / ADVANCES IN SULFIDE SMELTING in two volumes, Volume 1. Basic Principles, Warrendale, 1983, cl, 393 pages, - 1 -, and Volume 2. Technology and Practice, Warrendale, 1983, cl, pages 399 - 1143, - 1 -, $ 265 [Produced by the Metallurgical Society of AIME]

Stephens, J. D. and Savera, J. / MIGRATION OF LEACH SOLUTIONS INTO MINE WASTE ROCK, stapled loose leaf modified manuscript of a paper presented at the 1969 AIME Meetings in Washington, D. C., 23 pages, 10 figs., bibliography, - 3 -, $ 20

Stein, D. L. / EXTRACTION OF STRONTIUM VALUES FROM CELESTITE CONCENTRATE AT THE KAISER PLANT IN NOVA SCOTIA, Halifax, 1973, pb, 255 pages, - 5 -, $ 25 [some ink marks in text]

Taggart, A. F. / ELEMENTS OF ORE DRESSING, New York, 1951, cl, 595 pages, - 3 -, $ 100

Thomas, R., Ed. / E/MJ OPERATING HANDBOOK OF MINERAL PROCESSING, Volume 1: E/MJ Library of Operating Handbooks, New York, 1977, cl, 426 pages, - 5 -, $ 40

Thomson, F. A. / STAMP MILLING AND CYANIDING, 1st Edition, New York, 1915, cl, 285 pages, - 3 -, $ 100 [shows the best detailed structure of stamp mill structure of any book currently on this website]

Van Arsdale, G. D. / HYDROMETALLURGY OF BASE METALS, New York, 1953, cl, 370 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Van Zyl, D. J. A., et.al., Ed. / INTRODUCTION TO EVALUATION, DESIGN AND OPERATION OF PRECIOUS METAL HEAP LEACHING PROJECTS, Littleton, 1988, pb, 372 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Wadsworth, M. E., et.al. / SECOND TUTORIAL SYMPOSIUM ON EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY: Lecture Notes on Leaching of Low and High Grade Ores, Dumps, Deposits, and Concentrates, Denver, 1972, cl, 72 pages, - 3 -, $ 40 [Introduction to dump leaching practices, rate process in hydrometallurgy, advances in the leaching of sulfide and oxide minerals, bacterial leaching, laboratory studies in dump leaching]

Warhol, R. / THE SEPARATION OF MANGANESE FROM CUYUNA RANGE BLACK ORE BY FLOTATION, 1929 thesis, University of Minnesota, 66 pages, complete with test run results, photographs of equipment and ore specimens used, and a diagram of a laboratory flotation cell, in original binding, $ 80

Weinig, A. J. and Carpenter, C. B. / THE TREND OF FLOTATION, 4th Edition Revised, CSM Quarterly, Volume 32, # 4, Golden, 1937, afb, 189 pages, - 3 -, $ 30

Wilson, E. B. / THE CHLORINATION PROCESS, 1st Edition, New York, 1907, cl, 125 pages, - 3 -, $ 40

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