This processing equipment relies on gravity and fluid dynamics to stratify crushed minerals based on their specific gravity. A pulsating bed of water lifts and drops the material, causing heavier valuable minerals to settle to the bottom while lighter gangue is washed over the top.
Heard on the job
Check the stroke length on the primary jig, we're losing too much heavy mineral to the tailings.
Related terms
Concentrator
A facility or machine that separates valuable minerals from waste rock.
Beneficiate
To process raw mined ore to improve its grade by removing waste material.
Tailings
The waste material left over after the valuable minerals have been extracted from ore.
Jigging
A gravity separation method that pulses water through a screen to sort crushed ore by density.