BARITE

Question 1

Primary ore for Barium

Answer 1

Barite

Question 2

Greek word for Barite

Answer 2

Barys

Question 3

_____ spar

Answer 3

Heavy

Question 4

Commonly _____ and _____

Answer 4

colorless, white

Question 5

Translucent to _____

Answer 5

Opaque

Question 6

Individual crystals are often _____

Answer 6

twinned

Question 7

Barite world resource

Answer 7

2 billion tons

Question 8

Barite identified resources

Answer 8

740 million

Question 9

identified resources are estimated to be 150 million tons

Answer 9

United States

Question 10

Total production of Barite from 1973 to 2002

Answer 10

57, 648 MT (PHP 27, 978,560)

Question 11

Total Estimated reserves

Answer 11

163,320 MT

Question 12

Region IV local occurrence

Answer 12

• Batangas-Lobo
• Mindoro Oriental-Mansalay

Question 13

Usage

Answer 13

• Production of barium compounds
• Glass industry
• Inert filter in oilcloth, paper, linoleum, and plastic
• Pigment or extender in paints
• Weighing agent in drilling muds

Question 14

A typical gangue mineral found in hydrothermal veins and connected to veins of _____ ore.

Answer 14

sulfide

Question 15

Mining method

Answer 15

• Surface by open pit mining
• Underground mining

Question 16

Crushing, screening, and jigging are steps in the
process of gravity-separating barite. The high-quality (above 80%) concentrate will then
be created.

Answer 16

Gravity separation

Question 17

Barite ore used in barium-based medicine, which requires low iron barite, is often beneficiated by wet magnetic separation from some iron-bearing minerals, such as siderite.

Answer 17

Magnetic Separation

Question 18

The flotation process is for barite that has fine particle size and gravity tailings. To float the barite ore, either an anionic collector, such as fatty acid alkyl sulfate or alkyl sulfonate, or a cationic collector, such as an amide collector, is used.

Answer 18

Floatation

Question 19

• strike N40°E and dip 30°SE
• These veins were 0.50 to 1.20 m wide
  with 84 percent BaSO4 and with small
  amount of gold.

Answer 19

Taoga Deposit

Question 20

1.20 to 1.60 m wide and more than 90m long with barite veins striking N20° E, dipping 70° to the northwest.

Answer 20

Mansiol Point deposit

Question 21

10 m x 15 m, with barite boulders scattered around the ridges. The deposit is white to light gray, fine-grained, and friable with a specific gravity of 4.6

Answer 21

Kupand deposit