Applied Mineralogical Studies on Iranian Hard Rock Titanium Deposit

Mineralogical and physical beneficiation studies for iron extraction from Bardaskan titanomagnetite placer deposit

In this work, a bench-scale process was developed using mineral-processing methods to recover iron from a placer deposit located in Bardaskan, Khorasan-e-Razavi, Iran. The mineralogical studies were performed by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), X-ray Fluorescence (XRF), Electron Probe Micro-Analyzer (EPMA), and an optical microscope. These studies indicated that titanomagnetite, magnetite, and hematite...

Mineralogical and Morphological Features of Fractured Granitic Rock Tested under Water-rock Interaction

Chemical analysis of the Water-rock interaction showed that hydrothermal altered rock contains large amount of fluoride. Considering that alteration has mainly occurred at the fractures’ cleavages, the aim of this paper is to investigate the change of the mineral composition between the cleavages and other parts of the granite surfaces. Scanning electron microscope with energy-dispersive spectr...

Mineral Deposit Studies

mineralogical and physical beneficiation studies for iron extraction from bardaskan titanomagnetite placer deposit

in this work, a bench-scale process was developed using mineral-processing methods to recover iron from a placer deposit located in bardaskan, khorasan-e-razavi, iran. the mineralogical studies were performed by x-ray diffraction (xrd), x-ray fluorescence (xrf), electron probe micro-analyzer (epma), and an optical microscope. these studies indicated that titanomagnetite, magnetite, and hematite...

Engineering geological studies used for redesigning and employing a hard rock TBM in soft rock formations of Chamshir water conveyance tunnel

The Chamshir water conveyance tunnel (CWCT) with a length of 7.4 km and boring diameter of 5.3 m is excavated using a refurbished single shield TBM, initially designed to work in hard rock formations. This study focuses on engineering geological issues, which are important for checking the suitability of this machine and proposing required modifications for improving its performance in soft roc...