Mineral Exploration: Practical Application

Description

The book introduces essential concept of mineral exploration, mine evaluation and resource assessment of the discovered mineral deposit to students, beginners and professionals. The book is divided into nine chapters which will help the readers to incorporate the concepts of search for mineral deposits and understand the chances of success. The book discusses the fundamental details like composition of earth and mineral resources, formation of rock and mineral deposits, and the attempt to search for ore deposits to advance applications of remote sensing in mineral exploration. It also covers the details on how to conduct system of survey, evaluation, and how to arrive at a decision to open and carryout further exploration in the operating mine. The book shall be of great interest to geologists and mining community. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Mineral Resources and Exploration (G. S. Roonwal)....Pages 1-15 Composition of the Earth and Mineral Resources (G. S. Roonwal)....Pages 17-58 The Search for Ore Deposits and Chances of Success (G. S. Roonwal)....Pages 59-118 Remote Sensing in Mineral Exploration (G. S. Roonwal)....Pages 119-153 Survey in Exploration (G. S. Roonwal)....Pages 155-175 The Statistical Treatment of Exploration Data and Computer Application (G. S. Roonwal)....Pages 177-196 Interpretation of Exploration Data (G. S. Roonwal)....Pages 197-216 How to Arrive at a Decision to Open a Mine? (G. S. Roonwal)....Pages 217-255 How to Arrive at Decision to Expend Operating Mines? (G. S. Roonwal)....Pages 257-266 Back Matter ....Pages 267-298