Table 3 Main mineral composition in ore /%.

From: Flotation separation of pyrite and carbonate minerals from a carlin-type gold deposit in Guizhou by a new combined collector and its adsorption mechanism

mineral

quartz

Potash feldspar

plagioclase

calcite

dolomite

pyrite

content

28.4

0.3

0.5

8.7

34.1

6.8

mineral

Stone paste

anatase

illite

kaolinite

I/mixed layer

total

content

0.4

2.0

16.168

0.188

2.444

100