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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1988
Clarence R Bresson, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Rector P Louthan, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Abstract
A process for the recovery of minerals from an ore or concentrate containing the same wherein the minerals are recovered in a froth from an aqueous pulp containing the ore or concentrate and wherein one or more mineral flotation agents are employed in the aqueous pulp to control the type of mineral in the froth is provided. The mineral flotation agent or agents employed in the process comprise sulfenyl dithiocarbamates characterized by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and hydrocarbyl groups with not more than one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 being hydrogen, n is 1 or 2, and R.sub.3 is a hydrocarbyl group.