A process consisting of pre-discarding with heavy medium separation and ambient-temperature flotation was adopted for a scheelite ore sampled from the middle-layer mining zone of a tungsten mine in Hunan Province. A heavy medium separation test with the ore size of -15+0.5 mm as the feeding show that in the heavy medium with the density of 2.37 g/cm3, 31.37% of yielded tailings can be discarded, while the obtained heavy product has WO3 grade and recovery increased to 0.34% and 96.62% respectively. A test by using a process of desulfurization flotation plus ambient temperature flotation for scheelite demonstrates that the process of pre-discarding with heavy medium has little effect on the operation loss rate of WO3 in sulfur-containing products. However, the raw ore is directly taken into the flotation without a pre-discarding will lead to more tungsten minerals left in the middlings. The closed-circuit test shows that after a pre-discarding by heavy medium separation, the tungsten concentrate from ambient-temperature flotation has its WO3 grade and recovery reaching 5.50% and 84.15% respectively. It is concluded that pre-discarding by using heavy medium cyclone is conducive to improvement of tungsten product index and comprehensive utilization of tailings.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |