FIELD: mineral dressing. SUBSTANCE: gravels are subjected to the first concentration to produce placer concentrate that is sorted into size fractions and each one is then separately subjected to gravity concentration. Particle sizes of fractions are chosen taking into account different velocities of fall in water for precious metal particles, rock particles, and joined metal-rock particles. This condition may be expressed by inequalities for coarse fraction: V1 > V2 and for fine fraction: V3 > V2, where V1 is fall velocity in water for joined particles with smallest diameter in this fraction; V2 fall velocity in water for rock particles with largest size in this fraction; and V3 is fall velocity in water for metal particles in fine fraction with smallest size in this fraction. EFFECT: increased efficiency of catching fine fractions.
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1998-08-20—Published
1996-12-09—Filed