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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 1979
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul H Cardwell, Zanoni, VA (US);
William S Kane, Wicomico, VA (US);
Assignee:
Deepsea Ventures, Inc., Gloucester Point, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01G / ; C01G / ; C01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
423 32 ; 423 50 ; 423144 ; 423150 ; 423D / ;
Abstract
This invention provides a two-stage leaching procedure for manganese nodules for obtaining directly from a second leaching stage a substantially pure stream of copper free of other metal values, the other metal values, including manganese, nickel and cobalt, having been previously extracted in an earlier leaching stage. Both leaching operations are carried out utilizing an ammoniacal aqueous solution on a reduced manganese nodule.