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of zinc metal was focused on non-sulfide
ore thanks to the
development of solvent-
extraction (SX) and electro-winning (EW)
processes, and with the modernization of
the Wälz technology for the treatment of
non-sulfide zinc ores. Non-sulfide zinc de-
posits are rapidly becoming an important
source of metallic zinc. Since then, scientific
studies on non-sulfide
zinc ore have also
been increased. A number of studies on su-
pergene non-sulfide zinc deposits have
been carried out and published: Silesia,
Southern Poland (Coppola et al., 2007,
2009); Skorpion, Namibia (Borg et al.,
2003); Mae Sod, Thailand (Reynold et al.,
2003); Shaimerden, Kazakhstan (Boland et
al., 2003).
Heyl and Bozion (1962), Large (2001)
and Hitzman et al. (2003) have proposed
the classification of non-sulfide zinc depo-
sit. Following Hitzman (2003), non-sulfide
zinc deposits
are divided into two major
geologic types, including supergene and
hypogene non-sulfide zinc deposits, in
which supergene deposits are the most
common type of non-sulfide zinc deposit
and are distributed worldwide. Supergene
non-sulfide
zinc deposits are subdivided
into three subtypes: direct replacement,
wall-rock replacement, and residual and
karst-fill deposits. Hypogene non-sulfide
zinc deposits appear to have formed owing
to
the mixing of a reduced, low-to mod-
erate-temperature (80°-200°C), zinc-rich,
sulfur-poor fluid with an oxidized, sulfur-
poor fluid (Hitzman et al, 2003).
In Vietnam, Cho Dien Pb-Zn deposit has
been become
an object of many studies
(Tran Trong Hoa, 2005; Nguyen Van Pho,
2006; Tran Tuan Anh, 2010; Hoa et al.,
2010; Anh et al., 2011; Dao Thai Bac, 2012).
But studies only describe mineralogical and
chemical composition of Pb-Zn ore. There
has been no publication on non-sulfide zinc
ore in the Cho Dien deposit except the “
Wet
tropical weathering in Viet Nam” reference
book of Nguyen Van Pho (Nguyen Van Pho,
2013). Meanwhile, Cho Dien deposit is a
typical example
of non-sulfide zinc ore in
Vietnam, with ore bodies have complex
shape, which were formed in karst cavities.
This ore has been exploited for a long time.
Up to now, the non-sulfide zinc ore is still
the major ore being exploited in Cho Dien.
Even in the published study of Hitzman et
al. (2003), non-sulfide zinc deposit in Cho
Dienis classified as “residual and karst-fill”
(Hitzman et al, 2003).
This paper presents new study on the
mineralogy and geochemistry of Pb-Zn ore,
and the composition
of ground water to
clarify the behavior of zinc element in the
oxidation of Pb-Zn ore, and to explain the
formation of non-sulfide zinc ore in the Pb-
Zn Cho Dien deposit.
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