Table 27 METAL BEARING MINERALS OF THE OXIDIZED ZONE . Native Metal Gold Silver gold silver .. . .. . .. .. .. argentoja.

oxide carbonate silicate sulphate halide other compounds ..

CERARGYRITE rosite

Copper-copper CJPRITE MALACHTITE CHRYSOCOLLA (chalcanthi) (atacamite) olivenite Tenorite azurite (brochantite)(krohnkite) linarite (antlerite) (nantokite) turquoise

Lead . Minium

cerussite ANGLESITE

(cotunite)

pyromorphite vanadinite wulfenite mimetite crococite stolzite hoipeto

Zine .

SMITHSONITE

HEMIMORPHITE- (goslarite)

Monheimite hydrozincite Halt .. Nickel .. cabaltianwad bunsenite

willemite

spacrocobaltito remingtonite zarutito GARNIERITE (bieberite) annabergites

Iron . LIMONITE GOETHITE HEMATITE (?) Lepidocrocite Manganese

siderite NONTRONITE JAROSITE .. beidellite (melanterite)

montmorillonite (copiapite)

borgstromite

. WAD .. Braunite PSILOMELANE CRYPTOMELANE PYROLUSITE arsenolite . . .. .. claudetite scorodite mimetite

Arsenic

Antimony . Senarmintite cervantito valentinite stibiconite Bismuth Tin BISMUTH bismite .. montroydite bismutite . . . .. .

arsenobismite

. Cassiterite

...

Mercury quick silver

kleinite? Calomel mosesite? Terlinguaite eglestonite

Aluminum . BAUXITE gibbsite diaspore Tungsten . Tungstite

.. kaolinite ALUNITE .. wavellite other clay (alum) turquoise minerals .. ... stolsite soheelite? wulfenito powellite

Molybdenum

.. MOLYBDIC OCHRE IIsemannite

.. .. ..

Vanadium .. vanoxite

..

(soluble)

vanadinite descloisite (soluble) autunite green radio active

Oranium

.. many yellow, orange and

uranoth

uranophane

IIite? Torbernite mineral.

Table 28 Mineral Pyrite

OXIDATION RESIDUALS OF SOME COMMON SUDPHIDES voids empty limonite transported halos or flooding transported halos or flooding indigenous boxwork none color composition

brick red hematite jarosite

Pyrrhotite

empty

coarse spongy massos

brick red hematite jarosite

Chalcopyrite

occupied

coarse celluler ocherous goethite fine cellular jarosite limonite pitch triangular sponge crusts relief Relief orusts ocherous goethite orange hematite

Bornite

occupied

indigenous

Chalcocite

occupied

indigenous

maroon to goethite seal brown

Tetrahedrite

occupied indigenous

contour coangulated

chocolate goedhite

Sphalerite

Empty

Transported

moss limonite yellowto brown silica

goethite (inertgangue)

Sphalerite

occupied indigenous coarse cellular yellowto fine cellular brown silica cellular sponge occupied indigenous

goethite (reactinggangue)

Galena

clovage crusts ochereous goethite, diamond mesh ,orange, sealhematite cellular sponge brown, dark chocolate foliated granular cleavage mica plate maroon goethite

Molybdenite Siderite

occupied indigenous occupied indigenous

yellow goethite deep brown

Means important constituent:

means minor constituent

Table 29 OXIDATION BEHAVIOR OF COMMOR METTALLIC COMPOURDS

Ketal

primary compounds formed

important Oxidised transportad solutions pounds fermedin oxidation zone out of oxidation sx zone

Iron

sulphides

ferric sulphate hematite, limoni colloidal te, basic sulpha tes Limonite, ferric hydroxide hydrous ferric oxide carbonates, oxides native, silicate sulphate, carbonate carbonates, oxides oxide Oxide

Yes

Carbonates

No

Oxides

No

Capper

sulphides,etc,copper sulphate

Yes

Lead Zine

sulphides, etc sulphide

zine sulphate

No Yes

Tin

oxide, sulphide? phide silicates colloidal

No

Aluminium

oxides, silicates

No

Silver sulphides, etc. Gold es Nickel sulphide Au, tellurid

silver sulphate, chloride, iodide, colloidal bromide, native acid ferric sulphate+CI native

Yes

Yes

nickel sulphate nickel arsenate, nickel silicate cobalt sulphate cobalt oxides Oxides oxides oxides

yes

Cobalt

sulphide,etc.

Yes ? No No Yes;No Yes No:Yes

Molybdenum Chromium oxide

sulphide,etc. . ? ..

Tungsten oxides, Manganese

oxides, carbon Mn sulphate oxides ates mn bicarbonate, sulphate mntoolloidal oxides

Vanadium

sulphide, oxide sulphide As, arsenides

sulphates

oxides

Mercury Arsenic

. ?

Oxides, chloride Arsenates,oxides sulphides oxides oxides Oxides Arsenide oxides,etc.

No Yes

Antimony Bismuth Cadmium Platinum Uranium

Sb.antimonides sulphides sulphide Pt, sulphide oxides

? .. . ? ?

Yes No No Yes ?