There are vertical zoning of mineralization, that is chalcocite in the upper, enargite at the elevation between 580 to 400m, and chalcopyrite below the 400m.
The main metals mineral are chalcopyrite , the next clinohedrite , alpha chalcocite bornite , malachite and azurite . a little amount blende , galena incidentally ryby silver , bismuth.
By employing EPMA and SEM techniques we examined the compositions of nucleus, cell-walls and cells of wood-cytoplasm in chalcocite and digenite and the shapes of wood cells.
The process of dump bioleaching of secondary copper sulfide as chalcocite and covelite includes two stages, in the first stage, the leaching speed is faster than that in the second stage.
次生硫化铜矿物的生物堆浸具有两个阶段,在浸出前一阶段,浸出速率较快,而浸出第二阶段浸出速率较慢。
In Elny in USA 15% of the chalcocite was oxidized in one year down to 15m depth.