A family of amine mining collectors that uses alkoxylates allows for the easy adjustment of solubility and molecular weight useful because anionic and cationic mineral collectors require such varying degrees of solubility and molecular weight. The family of the present invention allows for the optimization of both parameters and an increase in collector efficiency.
1) A mining collector of the following structure: wherein R is linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, cyclic or acyclic from 1 to 22 carbons; R1 is chosen from —H, —CH3, —CH2CH3; n is an integer greater than zero.
