Title: Cl2-O2 leaching of massive sulfide samples from the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge, North Pacific Ocean
Description: Aqueous Cl2-O2 leaching procedures developed by the Bureau of Mines to produce zinc chloride from zinc sulfide bulk concentrates were effective in extracting 99% of the zinc and 97% of the silver contained in samples of massive seafloor sulfides from the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge, west of Oregon.
Subjects: Ocean mining, Marine mineral resources, Extraction (Chemistry), Leaching, Sulfides
Places: Pacific Ocean, Juan de Fuca Ridge