The invention discloses a method for treating low-grade
zinc oxide ores with high
iron content and large argillization degree by a wet method. The method comprises the following steps of: 1, leaching directly, namely crushing the
zinc oxide ores, performing ball-milling, and putting the
zinc oxide ores and zinc electrolytic
effluent into a reaction tank for reacting, wherein a
leachate obtained after reaction is used for joint leaching, and leaching
slag is conveyed to be washed in the next step; 2, performing joint leaching, performing leaching reaction of high-grade zinc oxide ores and a solution obtained after direct leaching is performed, wherein a neutral solution is used for purification, and the leaching
slag is conveyed to a
rotary kiln; 3, washing the
slag, namely putting the slag leached directly and a weak acid solution into a reaction tank, stirring, reacting, allowing the solution to return for leaching directly, conveying the washed leaching slag to a dressing
plant and separating to recover valuable metals such as lead and silver; and 4, reducing and volatilizing in the
rotary kiln, namely mixing the leaching slag and coat uniformly, putting the mixture into the
kiln for reacting to obtain zinc oxide
smoke for recovering
indium germanium and
kiln slag for recovering iron and residual
coal. By the method,
metal ore resources can be utilized effectively, so the method has the advantages of low production cost, high
leaching rate of zinc, high comprehensive utilization of the valuable metals and the like, the original production equipment and production flow can be utilized, and industrialization is easy to realize.