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Intrepid Explorer : The Autobiography of the World's Best Mine Finder /
"Intrepid Explorer is the story of the legendary career of the engineer, geologist, explorer, and international businessman J. David Lowell, whose life is recounted in his own words"--
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tucson, Arizona :
University of Arizona Press,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword / Joaquin Ruiz
- Introduction / John M. Guilbert
- Book I, 1935-1961
- Early life, education, and work, with no freedom to plan exploration and no discoveries
- Chapter one
- First exposure to mineral exploration, 1935-1949
- Cumming and Lowell families
- Childhood in the Great Depression
- Summer jobs
- Education in the College of Mines
- Chapter two
- Marriage to Edith, 1948
- Summer job in Aguas Calientes, Chihuahua, Mexico, 1949
- Life in Tucson and graduation
- Chapter three
- Mining engineer, shift boss, and night foreman, Santa Eulalia Mine, Mexico, 1949
- Exploration geologist with U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Chapter four
- MS Geology at Stanford, 1954-1955
- Ranwick Inc., Menlove Mine, and Southwest Ventures
- Geologist and district geologist, Utah Construction Company, 1959-1961
- Book II, 1961-1972
- Consulting work with considerable freedom to plan exploration, three discoveries, and one partial discovery
- Chapter one
- Initial development of the porphyry copper model
- A consultant on five minutes' notice, 1961-1969
- The Kalamazoo discovery
- The Vekol Hills discovery
- The Kaiser project and Bajo Alumbrera
- Daniel Jackling Award
- Chapter two
- Fame and professional advancement from the Lowell-Guilbert porphyry copper model
- Thayer Lindsley lecturer for the Society of Economic Geologists
- Canadian Mining and Metallurgical Society distinguished lecturer
- Consulting for Bethlehem Copper and the JA Orebody discovery
- Associate editor of Economic Geology
- Book III, 1973-1991
- Launching new enterprises with more freedom to plan exploration and significant finder's fees, seven discoveries
- Chapter one
- Exploration in the Canadian bush and a unique career formula
- The Covered Area project and the Casa Grande West discovery
- Exploration strategy
- Moving out of the United States
- Adventures in the Philippines
- Fieldwork in Luzon
- "Godfather" of Lepanto's Far Southeast Orebody
- Chapter two
- Consultant for Codelco's Mines in Chile
- The Atacama Project
- La Escondida, the largest copper mine in the world
- Zaldívar, another world-class deposit
- Two partial medium-sized discoveries, San Cristobal and Leonor
- The María Rosa project
- Chapter three
- Stories from Chile
- Tales from Honduras to East Asia
- Mules, grizzly bears, elephants and cobras
- Chapter four
- Independent illegal miners throughout the world
- Gaby and the 1,400 petroleros
- King King, where there were 3,000 illegal miners
- High graders in the United States and the saga of Fraction Brown
- Book IV, 1992-2014
- Total freedom to plan exploration, more innovation and risk taking with ownership, six discoveries and large financial return
- Chapter one
- Los Calatos discovery in Peru and inadequate financing
- Further exploration in southern Peru
- Exploration for gold in northern Peru and the discovery of the Pierina Orebody
- Barrick launches a "hostile" takeover
- Consummating a billion-dollar takeover
- Doctor Honoris Causa at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru
- Election to the National Academy of Engineering
- 2000 Society of Economic Geologist exchange lecture tour in Australia
- Chapter two
- Zomora River project in Ecuador 1999-2014
- The Warintza discovery in Ecuador
- The Mirador discovery in Ecuador
- University of Arizona Honorary Doctor of Science degree, 2000
- Robert M. Dreyer award
- Mining and Metallurgical Society of America gold medal
- Chapter three
- Toromocho discovery in Peru, 2002-2006
- One-year due diligence study
- Privatization from the Peruvian government
- 120,000-meter drilling project and detailed geological analysis
- Increase in ore reserves by ten times to over 2.2 billion tons of ore
- Sale to Chinalco, the largest Chinese mining company
- American Mining Hall of Fame Inductee
- SEG Penrose gold medal
- Chapter four
- Alto Paraná titanium ore discovery in Paraguay, 2006-2014
- Potentially largest titanium resource in the world
- Australian Academy of Science 2009 Haddon King medal
- National Mining Hall of Fame inductee
- London Mining Journal Lifetime Achievement award
- Chapter five
- Formation of Lowell Copper Ltd.
- The Warintza project in Ecuador
- The Ricardo project in Chile
- The Santa Marta copper project in Mexico
- Chapter six
- History of our Atascosa Ranch
- Chapter seven
- Collecting mine lamps
- Lifelong exercise program
- Skin diving and the Gulf of California
- Other recreations and close personal friends
- Sea Cloud trips
- Chapter 8
- Susan Lowell Humphreys and William Ross Humphreys
- William David Lowell
- Douglas Glenton Lowell and Roxanne Chernin Lowell
- Epilogue
- Appendixes
- J. David Lowell Family Tree
- Associations with the University of Arizona
- Discoveries
- Honors and awards
- J. David Lowell publications
- Acknowledgments
- Index.