Open AccessDetermination of work index of Filin Kokuwa Gold Deposit in Toro Local Government, Bauchi State Nigeria
Author(s) -
Markus Daniel Bwala,
Furqan Abdulfattah,
Oyelola Alabi Oladunni,
B. O. Adewuyi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian journal of technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2467-8821
pISSN - 0331-8443
DOI - 10.4314/njt.v40i3.5
Subject(s) - gold ore , grinding , metallurgy , ball mill , work (physics) , geology , mineralogy , mining engineering , engineering , materials science , mechanical engineering
This report shows the work index of Filin Kokuwa Gold ore sample in Bauchi State, Nigeria. The “reference sample (granites)” were sourced from outcrops of granites around Toro town. The samples were crushed, ground, and pulverized using appropriate laboratory milling machine. 80% passing size for the gold ore and granites samples were obtained at 100μm sieve size for the ball mill feeds and products respectively. The work indexes of reference samples i.e. granites were used to calculate the work index of the Filin Kokuwa gold ore sample. The values of 13.277kWh/ton and 15.192kWh/ton were obtained respectively for the two different reference granites samples used and 14.21kWh/ton as their average which is the value of the work index of the Filin Kokuwa gold ore deposit. The energy required for grinding the ore was found to be 3.581kW.