Quality Assessment of Igue Calcite Deposit for Industrial Applications.

Abstract:

The research is compare calcite deposit from Igue. Samples were collected from five different pit and homogenized, final 5 kilogram was gotten, 1 kilogram for laboratory test work and analysis, the sample was crushed to a size of 1400µm and was further reduced using ball mill to 1100µm, 100gram was riffled out for sieve analysis using set of sieves and mechanical sieve shaker and sieve size of 125µm was sampled out for chemical analysis using X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer. The set of sieves used are; 1000µm, 710µm, 500µm, 355µm, 250µm, 180µm,125µm, 90µm, 63 µm, and (-63µm), using Gates Gaudin Schumann Method of particles size distribution and Rosin Rammler Method of particles size distribution. the result from sieve analysis shows that the economic liberation size is at sieve 180µm to 63µm, showing the following mid points 1.56% to 1.22%. With an equilibrium points from the graph showing 49.26%. From the chemical analysis shows that the following element are present in Igue white calcite deposit: Mg, Al, Si, P, S, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Co, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Pb, W, Au, Ag, and Rb with the following mean concentrations of : 0.0000, 0.4257, 0.6757, 0.2845, 0.4199, 0.0000, 67.9587, 0.0000, 0.0009, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.1958, 0.0061, 0.0090, 0.0175, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0005 and 0.0000 respectively and intensities of : 0.0000, 0.0014, 0.0076, 0.006, 0.0059, 0.0000, 0.6923, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0012,0.0002, 0.0005, 0.0006, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, 0.0000, with calcium which is the major element in the sample having the following intensity of 0.6923 and content of 67.9587, Igue white calcite have a good calcium content and intensity.