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Qualitative and Mineralogical Characterization of Lead Deposit in Ishiagu, Ebonyi State Nigeria

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A detailed mineralogical and elemental characterization of a lead (Pb) ore deposit from Ishiagu, Ebonyi State, Nigeria was carried out with XRD, SEM-EDX, and ICP-OES based mappingtechniques. The results show that the most dominant and valuable metal is lead (Pb = 95.02%, mass fraction). The main mineral is galena. Ilmenite and sphalerite occur as minors, which account for 2.71% and 0.80% respectively. Elements like Al, Ca, Mg, Ti, Na, Mn, Si and Sn occurred in trace amounts and are disseminated in the entire ore body. The surface and interrelations of the crystals were examined with x-ray mapping and the result shows the pattern of dissemination of the minerals within the ore body. (Keywords: Galena, Mineral, Lead, Characterization)

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  1. Mineral Processing Unit, Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 1526, Owerri, Nigeria

    G. O. Onyedika, C. Onyenehide & M. O. C. Ogwuegbu

  2. Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, Universitatsstrabe 2, 8b135, Augsburg, Germany

    K. Onwukamike

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  1. Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Canada

    John S. Carpenter (technical staff member) (technical staff member)

  2. Department of Metallurgical Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University, China

    Chenguang Bai (Professor) (Professor)

  3. School of Engineering and Information Technology, UNSW Australia at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Australia

    Juan Pablo Escobedo (Lecturer) (Lecturer)

  4. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Technological University, USA

    Jiann-Yang Hwang (Professor) (Professor)

  5. University of Jordan, Jordan

    Shadia Ikhmayies B.Sc. from the physics department

  6. Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Institute of Materials Processing, Michigan Technological University, USA

    Bowen Li (Research Associate Professor) (Research Associate Professor)

  7. CanmetMATERIALS in Natural Resources Canada, Canada

    Jian Li (research scientist) (research scientist)

  8. Military Institute of Engineering (IME), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Sergio Neves Monteiro (Professor) (Professor)

  9. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Technological University, USA

    Zhiwei Peng (Research Assistant Professor, a new faculty member) (Research Assistant Professor, a new faculty member)

  10. Central South University, China

    Zhiwei Peng (Research Assistant Professor, a new faculty member) (Research Assistant Professor, a new faculty member)

  11. ArcelorMittal Global R&D, East Chicago, Indiana, USA

    Mingming Zhang (a senior research engineer) (a senior research engineer)

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Onyedika, G.O., Onwukamike, K., Onyenehide, C., Ogwuegbu, M.O.C. (2015). Qualitative and Mineralogical Characterization of Lead Deposit in Ishiagu, Ebonyi State Nigeria. In: Carpenter, J.S., et al. Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2015. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48191-3_38

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