Mining or in situ disintegration of hard material – In situ conversion of solid to fluid – Input and output wells
Patent
1978-04-25
1979-11-27
Purser, Ernest R.
Mining or in situ disintegration of hard material
In situ conversion of solid to fluid
Input and output wells
423 18, E21B 4328
Patent
active
041757890
ABSTRACT:
A method for leaching mineral values from an underground ore body in situ comprises introducing an oxygen-bearing gas into a pressurized saturation-disengagement chamber located above ground of the ore body where the oxygen-bearing gas becomes dissolved in a leach solution. The leach solution with dissolved oxygen therein is then pumped into the well and through the ore body where the leach solution oxidizes the mineral values in the ore body permitting their solubilization and transport by the leach solution to a recovery well where the pregnant leach solution is pumped above ground. The pregnant leach solution is then treated to remove the mineral values therefrom. Insuring that the oxygen-bearing gas is completely dissolved in the leach solution above ground in the saturation-disengagement chamber prevents gas bubbles from being pumped into the ore formation, thereby preventing loss of injectivity.
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Kube Wolfram H.
Shuck David L.
DePaul L. A.
Dermer Z. L.
Purser Ernest R.
Wyoming Mineral Corporation
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