Author: I. T. CrockerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fluorspar
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The Fluorspar Deposits of the Republics of South Africa and Bophuthatswana
Author: I. T. CrockerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fluorspar
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Hydrothermal Mineral Deposits
Author: Franco PirajnoPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642756719
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
This book is intended primarily for exploration geologists and post graduate students attending specialist courses in mineral exploration. Exploration geologists are engaged not only in the search for new mineral deposits, but also in the extension and re-assessment of existing ones. To succeed in these tasks, the exploration geologist is required to be a "generalist" of the Earth sciences rather than a specialist. The exploration geologist needs to be familiar with most aspects of the geology of ore deposits, and detailed knowledge as well as experience play an all important role in the successful exploration for mineral commodities. In order to achieve this, it is essential that the exploration geologist be up to date with the latest developments in the evolution of concepts and ideas in the Earth sciences. This is no easy task, as thousands of publications appear every year in an ever increasing number of journals, periodicals and books. For this reason it is also difficult, at times, to locate appropriate references on a particular mineral deposit type, although this problem is alleviated by the existence of large bibliographic data bases of geological records, abstracts and papers on computers. During my teaching to explorationists and, indeed, during my years of work as an explorationist, the necessity of having a text dealing with the fundamental aspects of hydrothermal mineral deposits has always been compelling. Metallic mineral deposits can be categorised into three great families, namely: (I) magmatic; (2) sedimentary and residual; (3) hydrothermal.
Giant Metallic Deposits
Author: Peter LaznickaPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642124054
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
Metals in the earth's crust are very unevenly distributed and, traditionally, a small number of ore deposits, districts or countries have dominated the world supply and have influenced commodity prices. The importance of exceptionally large, or rich, deposits has greatly increased in the age of globalization when a small number of international corporations dominate the metals market, based on few very large ore deposits, practically anywhere in the world. Search for giant orebodies thus drives the exploration industry: not only the in-house teams of large internationals, but also hundreds of junior companies hoping to sell their significant discoveries to the "big boys". Geological characteristics of giant metallic deposits and their setting and the politico-economic constraints of access to and exploitation in prospective areas have been a "hot topic" in the past fifteen years, but the knowledge generated and published has been one-sided, scattered and fragmented. This is the first comprehensive book on the subject that provides body of solid facts rather than rapidly changing theories, written by author of the Empirical Metallogeny book series and founder of the Data Metallogenica visual knowledge system on mineral deposits of the world, who has had an almost 40 years long international academic and industrial experience. The book will provide abundant material for comparative research in metallogeny, practical information for the explorationists as to where to look for the "elephants", and some inspiration for commodity investors.
South African Journal of Geology
Author: Hydrothermal Processes and Mineral Systems
Author: Franco PirajnoPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 140208613X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1250
Book Description
Hydrothermal processes on Earth have played an important role in the evolution of our planet. These processes link the lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere in continuously evolving dynamic systems. Terrestrial hydrothermal processes have been active since water condensed to form the hydrosphere, most probably from about 4.4 Ga. The circulation of hot aqueous solution (hydrothermal systems) at, and below, the Earth’s surface is ultimately driven by magmatic heat. This book presents an in-depth review of hydrothermal proceses and systems that form beneath the oceans and in intracontinental rifts, continental margins and magmatic arcs. The interaction of hydrothermal fluids with rockwalls, the hydrophere and the biophere, together with changes in their composition through time and space, contribute to the formation of a wide range of mineral deposit types and associated wallrock alteration. On Earth, sites of hydrothermal activity support varied ecosystems based on a range of chemotrophic microorganisms both at surface and in the subsurface. This book also provides an overview of hydrothermal systems associated with meteorite impacts and explores the possibility that hydrothermal processes operate on other terrestrial planets, such as Mars, or satellites of the outer planets such as Titan and Europa. Possible analogues of extraterrestrial putative hydrothermal processes pose the intriguing question of whether primitive life, as we know it, may exist or existed in these planetary bodies. Audience: This volume will be of interest to scientists and researchers in geosciences and life sciences departments, as well as to professionals and scientists involved in mining and mineral exploration.
The Mineral Resources of South Africa
Author: M. G. C. WilsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781875061525
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
The Fluorite, Cassiterite and Sulphide Deposits Associated with the Acid Rocks of the Bushveld Complex
Author: I. T. CrockerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cassiterite
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: South Africa. Department of Mineral and Energy AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Publications of the Geological Survey of the Republic of South Africa
Author: Geological Survey (South Africa)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Annual Technical Report of the Geological Survey of South Africa
Author: Geological Survey (South Africa)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description