OPTIMIZATION OF THE GOLD FUSION OF A SULFURED MINERAL USING THE AURIFERA FUSION

Abstract

One of the sulphurated minerals from Arequipa, due to its complex analysis and its mineralogical richness, was suitable for our research study; At which 20 analyzes were carried out on the same sample, obtaining as a minor result 3,556 g/t and as a major law 9,000 g/t for this reason we found it convenient to optimize the analysis of this sulphurated sample by investigating the processing plants of the Chala - Arequipa district and others laboratories that apply the same methodology. The variation in the flux composition was observed for sulfur minerals, for this reason we decided to vary the percentage of the composition of our flux: 54.50% Litargirio, 25.50% Carbonate, 15% Silica and 5% Borax, obtaining better results and with a variation of minimum results in the laboratory of the School of Metallurgical Engineering of the National University of San Marcos. We show the calculations made for the flux using the Gold Fusion Number that allows us to systematize and compare the different trials of the various gold companies and thus obtain the most favorable trends to have an appropriate flux.