Comparative XRD and XRF analysis of selected mine waste samples from Oštreljski Planir dump (Bor, Serbia)

Stefan Đorđievski; Jelena Petrović; Vesna Krstić; Zoran Stevanović; Radmila Marković; Jonović Radojka; Ljiljana Avramović

doi:10.5937/ror1601021D

Authors

Stefan Đorđievski Mining and Metallurgy Institute, Bor, Serbia Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1737-8766
Jelena Petrović Mining and Metallurgy Institute, Bor, Serbia Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3749-5110
Vesna Krstić Mining and Metallurgy Institute, Bor, Serbia Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1110-0547
Zoran Stevanović Mining and Metallurgy Institute, Bor, Serbia Author https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5317-6884
Radmila Marković Mining and Metallurgy Institute, Bor, Serbia Author https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9754-1150
Jonović Radojka Mining and Metallurgy Institute, Bor, Serbia Author
Ljiljana Avramović Mining and Metallurgy Institute, Bor, Serbia Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3747-1530

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5937/ror1601021D

Keywords:

XRF, XRD, Oštreljski planir, Bor, mine waste

Abstract

Mine waste dump Oštreljski Planir was formed by disposal of overburden from Bor open pit in the period from 1975 to 1980. Aim of this study was to determine chemical and phase composition of eight randomly chosen samples from Ošreljski planir by using x-ray fluorescence (XRF) and x-ray powder diffraction (XRD) analyses, and to compare results of these two methods. It was found that copper concentration in samples from waste dump was in the range from 0.017 % to 41.77 %. Copper minerals (covellite, chalcopyrite and enargite) were detected in samples 1, 2, 3 and 4, while copper minerals in samples 5, 6, 7 and 8 were not detected. The following gangue minerals have also been detected in samples: quartz, albite, dickite, gypsum, siderite and pyrite. Correlation coefficient between XRF and XRD analytical results is close to one (R2=0.9821), which implies that correlation between results is satisfactory.

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