埃佩克斯是一座小型矿山,位于犹他州圣·乔治亚。1985年10月完成矿山建设,是世界上第一座产镓与锗的矿山。该矿系地下开采,采用下向分层充填采矿法,选厂能力为100吨/日。据矿体及围岩的条件,采用风力胶结充填、喷射混凝土及0.38米~3柴油铲运机。埃佩克斯矿发现于上个世纪80年代,至本世纪50年代,对上部的高品位氧化铜矿 Apex is a small miner located in St. Georg, Utah. Completed in October 1985 mine construction, is the world’s first production of gallium and germanium mines. The Department of underground mining, the use of downward stratified filling mining method, the election plant capacity of 100 tons / day. According to the conditions of the orebody and the surrounding rock, wind-cementing and filling, shotcrete and 0.38-3 diesel scraper are adopted. Apex mining was discovered in the 80s of last century, to the 50s of this century, the upper high-grade copper oxide ore