An Introduction to Economic Geology and Its Environmental ImpactAs it has grown in length and level through successive edtions, the same author's Introduction to Ore Geology (now Ore Geology and Industrial Minerals) has left behind its original audience: first- and second -ear students. This new textbook, designed to fill that niche , was written specifically for introductory courses. Introduction to Economic Geology and Its Environmental Impact covers oil, coal, water and nuclear fuels, as well as economically important ores and bulk minerals. In keeping with current concerns and constraints, particular attention is paid to the impact of mining and drilling on the environment |
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For example, by 3 000 BC. large underground flint mines were in operation at Grime's Graves in Norfolk, U.K. and it is clear that the miners had noted that particular horizons in the chalk host rock carried the best and most numerous ...
For example, by 3 000 BC. large underground flint mines were in operation at Grime's Graves in Norfolk, U.K. and it is clear that the miners had noted that particular horizons in the chalk host rock carried the best and most numerous ...
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... their use in warfare, rapid and cyclical changes in price, occasional occurrence in very rich deposits (gold bonanzas, for example), with the result that the great importance of industrial minerals to our civilization is overlooked.
... their use in warfare, rapid and cyclical changes in price, occasional occurrence in very rich deposits (gold bonanzas, for example), with the result that the great importance of industrial minerals to our civilization is overlooked.
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For example in the 1970s the introduction of solvent extraction enabled Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines in Zambia to treat 9 Mt of tailings to produce 80 kt of copper minerals from gangue, separation of the ore minerals into ...
For example in the 1970s the introduction of solvent extraction enabled Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines in Zambia to treat 9 Mt of tailings to produce 80 kt of copper minerals from gangue, separation of the ore minerals into ...
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As another example, limestone has a wide variety of uses, depending on such properties as the chemical purity (for making soda ash or sea water magnesia), the colour, grain-size distribution and brightness of a powder (paper and other ...
As another example, limestone has a wide variety of uses, depending on such properties as the chemical purity (for making soda ash or sea water magnesia), the colour, grain-size distribution and brightness of a powder (paper and other ...
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For example, tennantite (Cu12As4S13) in copper ores can introduce unwanted arsenic and sometimes mercury into copper concentrates. These, like phosphorus in iron concentrates and arsenic in nickel concentrates, will lead to custom ...
For example, tennantite (Cu12As4S13) in copper ores can introduce unwanted arsenic and sometimes mercury into copper concentrates. These, like phosphorus in iron concentrates and arsenic in nickel concentrates, will lead to custom ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
Part 2 Examples of the More Important Types of Ore Deposit | 83 |
Part 3 Mineralization in Time and Space | 319 |
Index | 353 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | An Introduction to Economic Geology and Its Environmental Impact |
| Author | Anthony M. Evans |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons, 2009 |
| ISBN | 1444313525, 9781444313529 |
| Length | 384 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / Earth Sciences / General |
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