Mineral Exploration
Principles and Applications

A multidisciplinary reference that thoroughly addresses the full scope of mineral exploration—from mining and extraction to economic evaluation, policies and environmental impacts

Swapan Kumar Haldar (Author)

9780124160057, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 5 February 2013

372 pages, Illustrated
27.6 x 21.5 x 2.5 cm, 1.25 kg

"The book is technically skillful and a laudable effort to create a comprehensive practical survey text written by someone who knows the territory in more than an academic way. There are also many useful diagrams." --Reference and Research Book News, August 2013

Globally, mineral exploration has grown significantly in recent years, driven by the rapid acceleration in prices for gold and diamonds since 2004 and the emergence of a middle class in both China and India—aggressively increased demand. Despite this resurgence, no single book has been published that takes an interdisciplinary approach in addressing the full scope of mineral exploration—from mining and extraction to economic evaluation, policies, sustainability, and environmental impacts. Mineral Exploration: Principles and Applications accomplishes this by presenting each topic with theoretical approaches first followed by specific applications that can be immediately implemented in the field.

1. Mineral Exploration2. Economic Mineral deposits and host rocks3. Exploration Geology4. Exploration Geochemistry5. Exploration Geophysics6. Photo-geology, Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System in Mineral Exploration7. Sampling Methods8. Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve Estimation9. Statistical and Geo-statistical applications in geology10. Exploration Modeling11. Elements of Mining12. Mineral Processing13. Mineral Economics14. Environmental System Management of Mineral Resources and Sustainable development15. Mineral deposits - Case studies15.1. Zawar group pf zinc-lead deposit, Rajasthan15.2. Rajpura Dariba-Bethumni zinc-lead-silver belt, Rajasthan15.3. Rampura Agucha zinc-lead-silver deposit, Rajasthan15.4. Malanjkhond copper deposit, Madhya Pradesh15.5. Exploration, mining, beneficiation and environment management15.6. Neves Corvo zinc-lead-copper deposit, Portugal15.7. Broken Hill zinc-lead deposit, Australia15.8. Sudbury nickel-copper-PGE deposits, Canada15.9. Bushveld chromium-platinum deposits, South Africa15.10. Mineral Discovery trend: The First Fifty Years

Subject Areas: Geochemistry [RBGK], Geological surface processes [geomorphology RBGD]