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Mineral exploration : principles and applications /
Mineral Exploration: Principles and Applications, Second Edition, presents an interdisciplinary approach on the full scope of mineral exploration. Everything from grass root discovery, objective base sequential exploration, mining, beneficiation, extraction, economic evaluation, policies and acts, r...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam, Netherlands :
Elsevier,
[2018]
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Front Cover; Mineral Exploration; Mineral Exploration; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Author Biography; Preface; List of Acronyms; GENERAL; MINERALS; METALS; TIME SCALE; CURRENCY; WEIGHTS; LENGTH; 1
- Mineral Exploration; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.1.1 Why Mineral Exploration?; 1.2 DEFINITION; 1.2.1 Mineral and Rock; 1.2.2 Ore; 1.2.3 Ore Deposit; 1.2.4 Prime Commodity, Associated Commodity, and Trace Element; 1.2.5 Protore; 1.2.6 Gangue Minerals and Tailing; 1.2.7 Deleterious Substances; 1.3 EXPLORATION; 1.3.1 Discovery Type; 1.3.1.1 Greenfield Discovery; 1.3.1.2 Brownfield Discovery
- 1.3.2 Stages of Exploration1.3.2.1 Reconnaissance (G4); 1.3.2.2 Large Area Prospecting (G4/G3); 1.3.2.3 Prospecting (G3); 1.3.2.4 General Exploration (G2); 1.3.2.5 Detailed Exploration (G1); 1.3.2.6 Ongoing Exploration; 1.3.2.7 Exploration Scheme; 1.4 MINERAL POLICY AND ACT; 1.4.1 Australia; 1.4.2 Canada; 1.4.3 Chile; 1.4.4 India; 1.4.4.1 Lease Amendments; 1.4.5 Portugal; 1.4.6 South Africa; 1.4.7 Tunisia; 1.4.8 Royalties and Taxation; 1.4.9 Lease Application; 1.4.10 Cyclical Nature of Mineral Industries; 1.5 MINERAL TO METAL: A FULL CIRCLE; REFERENCES
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- Economic Mineral Deposits and Host Rocks2.1 DEFINITION; 2.2 COMMON ECONOMIC MINERALS; 2.3 CLASSIFICATION OF MINERAL DEPOSITS; 2.3.1 Geographic Localization; 2.3.1.1 Province; 2.3.1.2 Region; 2.3.1.3 District; 2.3.1.4 Belt; 2.3.1.5 Deposit; 2.3.1.6 Block; 2.3.2 Depth of Occurrence; 2.3.2.1 Exposed to Surface; 2.3.2.2 Shallow Depth; 2.3.2.3 Deep-Seated Hidden Deposit; 2.3.3 Relation to Host Rocks; 2.3.3.1 Host Rocks; 2.3.3.2 Identical to Host Rock; 2.3.3.3 Different From Host Rock; 2.3.3.4 Gradational Contact; 2.3.3.5 Metal Zoning; 2.3.3.6 Wall Rock Alteration; 2.3.4 Structural Control
- 2.3.4.1 Undeformed2.3.4.2 Joints and Fractures; 2.3.4.3 Fold; 2.3.4.4 Fault; 2.3.4.5 Shear Zone; 2.3.4.6 Breccia; 2.3.4.7 Subduction; 2.3.5 Nature of Mineralization; 2.3.5.1 Dissemination; 2.3.5.2 Massive; 2.3.5.3 Veins and Stringers; 2.3.5.4 Ladder Veins; 2.3.5.5 Stock Work; 2.3.6 Morphology; 2.3.6.1 Stratiform; 2.3.6.2 Stratabound; 2.3.6.3 Layered, Rhythmic, and Bedded; 2.3.6.4 Porphyry; 2.3.6.5 Lenticular; 2.3.6.6 Pipe; 2.3.7 Genetic Model; 2.3.7.1 Magmatic; 2.3.7.2 Sedimentary; 2.3.7.3 Metamorphic; 2.3.7.4 Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide and Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide
- 2.3.7.5 Black Smokers Pipe Type2.3.7.6 Mississippi Valley Type; 2.3.7.7 SEDEX Type; 2.3.7.8 Skarn Type; 2.3.7.9 Residual Type; 2.3.7.10 Placer Type; 2.3.8 Grain Size; 2.3.8.1 Fine Grained; 2.3.8.2 Medium Grained; 2.3.8.3 Coarse Grained; 2.3.9 Contained Metal; 2.3.9.1 High Grade; 2.3.9.2 Medium Grade; 2.3.9.3 Low Grade; 2.3.9.4 Very Low Grade; 2.4 HOST ROCKS; 2.5 INDUSTRY SPECIFICATIONS; REFERENCES; 3
- Photogeology, Remote Sensing, and Geographic Information System in Mineral Exploration; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 PHOTOGEOLOGY; 3.2.1 Classification of Aerial Photographs