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Patent No.:

US 8021461 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2005

Remedial heap treatment

Applicant:

Thomas Joseph Seal, Elko, NV (US);

Inventor:

Thomas Joseph Seal, Elko, NV (US);

Assignee:

Newmont USA Limited, Denver, CO (US);

Attorney:

Marsh Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

Primary Examiner:

Melvin C Mayes

Assistant Examiner:

Colin W Slifka

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 11/02 (2006.01); B01F 1/00 (2006.01); C22B 3/04 (2006.01); C22B 3/06 (2006.01); C22B 3/08 (2006.01); C22B 3/12 (2006.01); E21B 43/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for improving component extraction from heap leach operations. Following heap leaching for some time, portions of the heap deficient in component extraction are identified, and treatment wells are drilled and remedial treatments are selectively performed on the identified portions of the heap. The remedial treatment can include hydraulically fracturing the identified portions of the heap followed by selective treatment with leach solution of the area impacted by the fracturing.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Seal, Thomas. (2011). Remedial heap treatment (U.S. Patent No. 8021461). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8021461

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