About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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Symposium
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Characterization of Minerals, Metals and Materials
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Presentation Title |
Chemical Characterization of Filin-kokuwa Gold Deposit in North-east Nigeria |
Author(s) |
Markus Daniel Bwala, Furqan Abdulfattah, Oladunni Oyelola Alabi, Suleiman Bolaji Hassan |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Markus Daniel Bwala |
Abstract Scope |
Discovering new gold deposits is without a doubt, pertinent to meet increasing demand for precious mineral like gold. Characterization is done to ascertain the presence of Gold in the Filin-kokuwa deposit. Characterization was carried out using Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (ED-XRF), and Scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive spectrometry (SEM-EDS). The results revealed that Filin - Kokuwa gold ore approximately assayed 15 ppm Au, It was observed from the result that the ore contains 66.5% SiO2, 7.37% K2O, 3.16% CaO, 0.0015% Au, and others. Further qualitative analysis revealed non-equiaxial mineral grains (light grey), unevenly distributed across the dark-grey ore matrix. This study therefore, established that the deposit contains Gold ore and be a potential source of Gold exploitation in Nigeria. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
Keywords |
Characterization, Sustainability, Other |