Potential mineral resources and multi-component use of natural and technogenic tungsten deposits of the Dzhida ore field (city of Zakamensk, Republic of Buryatia)

Abstract

The article provides an overview of published and deposited data on the geological struc- ture, mineral and chemical composition of ores, and the ore processing technologies for the Barun-Naryn and other technogenic deposits formed during long-term exploitation of natural molybdenum and tungsten deposits of the Dzhida ore field. Based on statistical analysis of these data and on author’s laboratory analytical studies, the mineral potential of the natural and technogenic deposits of the region was approximately quantitatively assessed for a wide complex of byproduct components of the ores. Modern possibilities of multi-element processing of the technogenic raw materials accumulated in this area and outlook for solving the actual problems in the future are demonstrated.

Keywords

• technogenic deposit
• multi-element processing of mineral raw materials
• environmental and economic assessment