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| Contributors | |
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| Preface to the Second Edition | |
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| Preface to the First Edition | |
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| Units, Abbreviations, and Terminology | |
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| Principles | |
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| Ore, Mineral Economics, and Mineral Exploration | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Mineral economics | |
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| Important factors in the economic recovery of minerals | |
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| Structure of the mining industry | |
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| Some factors governing the choice of exploration areas | |
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| Rationale of mineral exploration | |
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| Further reading | |
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| The Mineralogy of Economic Deposits | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Mineralogical investigations | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Mineral Deposit Geology and Models | |
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| Nature and morphology of orebodies | |
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| Wall rock alteration | |
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| Geological models of mineral deposits | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Summary of Chapters 1, 2, and 3 | |
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| Appendix: mineral deposit model classification of Cox and Singer (1986) | |
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| Reconnaissance Exploration | |
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| Exploration planning | |
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| Desk studies and reconnaissance | |
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| Sustainable development | |
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| Summary | |
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| Further reading | |
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| From Prospect to Prefeasibility | |
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| Finding a drilling target | |
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| When to drill and when to stop | |
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| Recycling prospects | |
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| The Bre-X Minerals saga | |
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| Summary | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Remote Sensing | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Landsat System | |
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| Other imaging systems | |
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| Photogeology | |
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| Summary | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Geophysical Methods | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Airborne surveys | |
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| Magnetic surveys | |
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| Gravity method | |
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| Radiometrics | |
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| Resistivity | |
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| Spontaneous polarization (SP) | |
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| Induced polarization (IP) | |
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| Continuous-wave electromagnetics | |
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| Transient electromagnetics (TEM) | |
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| Remote source methods (VLF and magnetotellurics) | |
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| Seismic methods | |
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| Ground radar | |
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| Borehole geophysics | |
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| Geophysics in exploration programs | |
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| Integration of geological and geophysical data | |
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| The role of the geologist in geophysical exploration | |
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| Dealing with contractors | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Exploration Geochemistry | |
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| Planning | |
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| Analysis | |
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| Interpretation | |
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| Reconnaissance techniques | |
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| Follow-up sampling | |
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| Summary | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Mineral Exploration Data | |
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| Data capture and storage | |
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| Data integration and geographical information systems | |
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| Integration with resource calculation and mine planning software | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Evaluation Techniques | |
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| Sampling | |
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| Pitting and trenching | |
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| Drilling | |
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| Mineral resource and ore reserve estimation, grade calculations | |
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| Geotechnical data | |
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| Summary | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Appendix: use of Gy's sampling formula | |
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| Project Evaluation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Value of mineralisation | |
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| Cash flow | |
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| Study definitions | |
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| Mineral project valuation and selection criteria | |
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| Risk | |
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| Inflation | |
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| Mineral project finance | |
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| Summary | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| Cliffe Hill Quarry, Leicestershire - Development of Aggregate Reserves | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Phase 1 - order-of-magnitude study | |
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| Phase 2 - pre-feasibility study | |
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| Phase 3 - feasibility study | |
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| Phase 4 - detailed engineering | |
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| Quarrying and environmental impact | |
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| Summary | |
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| Soma Lignite Basin, Turkey | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Exploration programs | |
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| Geology | |
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| Data assessment | |
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| Geotechnical investigation | |
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| Lignite quality | |
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| Lignite reserve estimates | |
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| Surface mine evaluation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Further reading | |
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| Witwatersrand Conglomerate Gold - West Rand | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Geology | |
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| Economic background | |
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| Exploration models | |
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| Exploration methods | |
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| Reserve estimation | |
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| Exploration and development of the southern part of the West Rand Goldfield | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| A Volcanic-associated Massive Sulfide Deposit - Kidd Creek, Ontario | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Volcanic-associated massive sulfide deposits | |
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| The Kidd Creek Mine | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Disseminated Precious Metals - Trinity Mine, Nevada | |
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| Background | |
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| Trinity Mine, Nevada | |
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| Exploration | |
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| The geology of Pershing County and the Trinity District | |
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| Development and mining | |
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| Mineral processing | |
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| Environmental considerations | |
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| Grade estimation | |
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| Ore reserve estimation | |
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| Summary and conclusions | |
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| Diamond Exploration - Ekati and Diavik Mines, Canada | |
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| World diamond deposits and exploration | |
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| Canadian discoveries: Ekati and Diavik | |
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| Summary | |
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| Internet Links | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |