Quantitative mineral resource assessments : an integrated approach /

Policy makers, mineral exploration experts, and regional planners decide how public lands, which may contain undiscovered resources, should be used or whether to invest in exploration for minerals on a regular basis. Decisions are also made concerning mineral resource adequacy, national policy, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Singer, D. A. (Autor), Menzie, W. D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Mines and mineral resources.
Geology, Economic.
Géologie économique.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
NATURE > Rocks & Minerals.
Geology, Economic
Mines and mineral resources
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Introduction; 2 Mineral Resources and Society; 3 Descriptive Models; 4 Deposit-Density Models; 5 Economic Analysis; 6 Grade-and-Tonnage Models; 7 Delineation of Permissive Tracts; 8 Estimating the Number of Undiscovered Deposits; 9 Integration of Grades, Tonnages, Number of Deposits, and Economic Effects; 10 Exploration Risk; 11 The Future of Quantitative Resource Assessments; Appendix 1. Conversion of Units; Appendix 2. Algorithm for Estimating Probabilities for a Set of Number-of-Deposit Estimates; Glossary; References; Index.

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