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Engineering geology. --- Engineering --- Civil engineering --- Geology, Economic --- Geology

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This comprehensive textbook covers all major topics related to the utilization of mineral resources for human activities. It begins with general concepts like definitions of mineral resources, mineral resources and humans, recycling mineral resources, distribution of minerals resources across Earth, and international standards in mining, among others. Then it turns to a classification of mineral resources, covering the main types from a geological standpoint. The exploration of mineral resources is also treated, including geophysical methods of exploration, borehole geophysical logging, geochemical methods, drilling methods, and mineral deposit models in exploration. Further, the book addresses the evaluation of mineral resources, from sampling techniques to the economic evaluation of mining projects (i.e. types and density of sampling, mean grade definition and calculation, Sichel’s estimator, evaluation methods – classical and geostatistical, economic evaluation – NPV, IRR, and PP, estimation of risk, and software for evaluating mineral resources). It subsequently describes key mineral resource exploitation methods (open pit and underground mining) and the mineral processing required to obtain saleable products (crushing, grinding, sizing, ore separation, and concentrate dewatering, also with some text devoted to tailings dams). Lastly, the book discusses the environmental impact of mining, covering all the aspects of this very important topic, from the description of diverse impacts to the environmental impact assessment (EIA), which is essential in modern mining projects.

Earth sciences. --- Economic geology. --- Mineral resources. --- Environmental sciences. --- Earth Sciences. --- Mineral Resources. --- Economic Geology. --- Environmental Science and Engineering. --- Environmental science --- Science --- Deposits, Mineral --- Mineral deposits --- Mineral resources --- Mines and mining --- Mining --- Natural resources --- Geology, Economic --- Minerals --- Economic geology --- Physical geology --- Mines and mineral resources --- Geosciences --- Environmental sciences --- Physical sciences --- Geology, economic. --- Mines and mineral resources. --- Geology, Economic. --- Libros electrónicos --- Ciencias --- Geología

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Contributions to Mineralization provide some new aspects on economically important mineral deposits from various locations in Asia, Africa, and Europe in terms of their genesis, geochemical, and age considerations. Mining industry and mineral engineering issues are also discussed in the book through some new statistical approaches and economic aspects. The book represents a useful guide for specialists in the fields of mineralogy, economic geology, mining engineering, environmental impacts, and mining industry.

Mines and mineral resources. --- Deposits, Mineral --- Mineral deposits --- Mineral resources --- Mines and mining --- Mining --- Natural resources --- Geology, Economic --- Minerals --- Soil Science --- Physical Sciences --- Engineering and Technology --- Earth and Planetary Sciences --- Mineralogy

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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.

Prospecting. --- Mines and mineral resources. --- Deposits, Mineral --- Mineral deposits --- Mineral resources --- Mines and mining --- Mining --- Exploration (Prospecting) --- Earth sciences. --- Economic geology. --- Geology --- Structural geology. --- Mineral resources. --- Earth Sciences. --- Mineral Resources. --- Quantitative Geology. --- Structural Geology. --- Economic Geology. --- Statistical methods. --- Natural resources --- Geology, Economic --- Minerals --- Mines and mineral resources --- Mine examination --- Mine valuation --- GeologyxMathematics. --- Geology, Structural. --- Geology, economic. --- Economic geology --- Physical geology --- Geotectonics --- Structural geology --- Tectonics (Geology) --- Geology—Statistical methods.

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This book summarizes the geological knowledge accumulated on Afar in the last 60 years, demonstrating that it is, and will remain, a real “hot spot” for geological and geophysical research. It provides insights into the Earth processes along diverging plate boundaries, the study of both the continental and oceanic lithosphere and underlying asthenosphere, and margins and transitions including magmatic, volcanic, tectonic, sedimentary, hydrothermal and geodynamic processes. The Afar triangle is a geological depression that developed where the Gulf of Aden, Red Sea and East African Rift Valley meet. It is considered to be one of the Earth system’s most important mantle plumes. In 1967, when the first expedition was organized, there was little information on the geology of the area, and even geographic base maps were lacking. However, the first satellite photographs from the Apollo and Gemini space missions offered a complete picture of the Red Sea-Gulf of Aden region, providing a new vision of the Afar triangle. The book describes the unique geological features that make Afar the only place in the world where an oceanic plate boundary with all its successive steps of development can be observed in the open air. It also presents the Afar triangle as one of the cradles of first, now extinct hominids. The Middle Awash area contains sites of several fossil discoveries, such as the well-known Lucy.  The hydrothermal processes in Afar provide conditions suitable for the study of the most primitive forms of life (archaebacterial) and it is also one of the few places where significant quantities of telluric energy are available at the surface for geothermal development. Further, the area has economically interesting mineral deposits and illustrates a number of current climate change issues.  In addition to providing geological information, the book shows that Afar is an area where an individual human population developed with its own language and culture, and which adapted to the rugged landscape and extremely dry and hot climate. It is a valuable resource for scientists and students, and also serves the needs of the Afar nation, currently split in three different countries as a result of recent historical events.

Earth sciences. --- Economic geology. --- Historical geology. --- Structural geology. --- Earth Sciences. --- Structural Geology. --- Economic Geology. --- Historical Geology. --- Geology, Structural. --- Geology, economic. --- Geology. --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Economic geology --- Physical geology --- Mines and mineral resources --- Geotectonics --- Structural geology --- Tectonics (Geology) --- Geodynamics. --- Dynamic geology --- Tectonophysics --- Geophysics --- Geology