Understanding Mineral Deposits

The challenge of finding new orebodies to satisfy the ever increasing demands for mineral commodities has to be met, in addition to improved techniques of exploration, mining, extraction, and management, by a better understanding of the geologic setting and genesis of the various classes of mineral deposits. A substantial part of this book is devoted to a discussion, with appropriate examples, of principles that govern the formation of mineral deposits and the various kinds of field and laboratory data that can be used to interpret their genesis. The rest of this book discusses the characteristics of selected classes of deposits, their relationship with the crustal evolution in space and time, and on the application of available data to the formulation of viable genetic models that provide the basis for exploration strategies.It's intended audience: This book is intended as a text for an introductory course in economic geology at senior undergraduate and graduate levels, but it should also serve as a useful information resource for professional economic geologists.

ISBN 0045530092   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9780045530090 (What's this?)   Pages 864 Publisher Kluwer Academic Publishers Group   Volumes 001 Imprint Kluwer Academic Publishers   Weight (grammes) 1438 Format Hardback   Published in Dordrecht Publication date 01 Nov 1999   Height (mm) 240 Library of Congress QE390.M575   Width (mm) 160 DEWEY 549   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

		Preface
Ch. 1		Introduction		1
Ch. 2		Formation of Mineral Deposits		5
Ch. 3		Interpretation of Mineral Deposits - I		93
Ch. 4		Interpretation of Mineral Deposits - II		148
Ch. 5		Chromite Deposits		238
Ch. 6		Nickel (-Copper) Sulfide Deposits		273
Ch. 7		Platinum-Group Element (PGE) Deposits		319
Ch. 8		Porphyry Deposits		353
Ch. 9		Skarn Deposits		414
Ch. 10		Volcanic-Associated Massive Sulfide (VMS) Deposits		450
Ch. 11		Sediment-Hosted Massive Zinc-Lead Sulfide (SMS) Deposits		497
Ch. 12		Sediment-Hosted Stratiform Copper (SSC) Deposits		539
Ch. 13		Mississippi Valley-Type (MVT) Zinc-Lead Deposits		573
Ch. 14		Uranium Deposits		613
Ch. 15		Precambrian Iron-Formations		660
Ch. 16		Gold Deposits		698
		References		761
		Index		839

'However, it should serve as an excellent information resource for professional economic geologists, and for others wishing to become acquainted with a particular deposit type, or method of interpretation.' Mineralium Deposita, 36:707 (2001) 'The diverse geological settings of metallic ore deposits and the varied methods used in assessing their genesis make writing a comprehensive textbook on ore deposits a formidable challenge. Kula Misra has met that challenge and produced a first-rate book that reviews the techniques employed in ore deposit research and summarize the geological and geochemical characteristics and origins of selected classes of metallic ore deposits. In a field that generates new data daily, Understanding Mineral Deposits is up-to-date useful. With this book he has succeeded in high-lighting the multidimensional nature of economic geology. It is also an excellent reference for professional geologists and a useful txt for senior-or graduate level course in metallic mineral deposits.' Geotimes, 35 (2000)

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