Open AccessGENETIC MODEL OF LJUBIJA BRANDS DEPOSITS − RAW MATERIALS FOR PRODUCTION OF MINERAL PIGMENTS
Author(s) -
Aleksej Milošević,
Ranko Cvijić,
Miodrag Čelebić,
Žarko Kovačević
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
contemporary materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1986-8677
pISSN - 1986-8669
DOI - 10.7251/comen1801037m
Subject(s) - iron ore , raw material , mineral resource classification , mineral , iron oxide , production (economics) , environmental science , geology , metallurgy , geochemistry , materials science , chemistry , organic chemistry , economics , macroeconomics
Specific characteristics of iron ore deposits in Ljubija ore region are given by pelitoid iron ores (,,brand“) which occupy a substantial part of iron mineral resources, on which industrial production of natural iron oxide – pigments depends. This particular technology type of iron ore deposits, until recently was waste from mining production, and now when it is possible to implement new technological processes, that waste became an important commercial product. This paper presents the results of detailed geological research which lasted for a few years, as well as laboratory and tehnological tests. It presents the new data on the metallogenetic characteristics of the environment where iron oxides originate as a raw material for mineral pigments. In this paper, we answered and resolved dilemma about brand identity in adequate genetic iron types in Ljubija mining regions, about their specificity as well as the ore formations and geohistorical development. Through the technological characterization of the ore and its domain of application, we provide the basis for economic evaluation of the deposits of this very important mineral resource.