An Introduction to Economic Geology and Its Environmental Impact

by Evans, Anthony M.

• ISBN13: 9780865428768
• ISBN10: 086542876X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-12-08
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

As 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

Author Biography

Anthony M. Evans was formerly Senior Lecturer at the University of Leicester and editor of a number of successful texts on mineral deposits.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii	(2)
Units and Abbreviations	ix
Part 1: Principles	3	(82)
1 The Importance and History of Mining	3	(6)
2 Some Aspects of Mineral Economics	9	(18)
3 The Environmental Impact of Mineral Exploitation	27	(11)
4 The Nature and Morphology of the Principal Types of Ore Deposit	38	(12)
5 Textures and Structures of Ore and Gangue Minerals. Fluid Inclusions. Wall Rock Alteration	50	(7)
6 Some Major Theories of Ore Genesis	57	(18)
7 Geothermometry, Geobarometry, Paragenetic Sequence, Zoning and Dating of Ore Deposits	75	(10)
Part 2: Examples of the More Important Types of Ore Deposit	85	(236)
8 Mineral Deposit Classification	85	(2)
9 Diamond Deposits in Kimberlites and Lamproites	87	(7)
10 The Carbonatite-alkaline Igneous Ore Environment	94	(6)
11 The Pegmatitic Environment	100	(4)
12 Orthomagmatic Deposits of Chromium, Platinum, Titanium and Iron Associated with Basic and Ultrabasic Rocks	104	(11)
13 Orthomagmatic Copper-nickel-iron(-platinoid) Deposits Associated with Basic and Ultrabasic Rocks	115	(13)
14 The Skarn Environment	128	(8)
15 Disseminated and Stockwork Deposits Associated with Plutonic Intrusives	136	(12)
16 Stratiform Sulphide, Oxide and Sulphate Deposits of Sedimentary and Volcanic Environments	148	(17)
17 The Vein Association and Some Other Hydrothermal Deposit Types	165	(16)
18 Strata-bound Deposits	181	(11)
19 Sedimentary Deposits	192	(18)
20 Residual Deposits and Supergene Enrichment	210	(7)
21 Industrial Minerals	217	(31)
22 Water-the Mineral of Life	248	(12)
23 The Changing World of Energy	260	(6)
24 Coal-the Fuel of the Industrial Revolution	266	(12)
25 Petroleum-Oil and Gas	278	(28)
26 Energy from the Atom-Nuclear Power	306	(3)
27 Nature's Hearth-Geothermal Energy	309	(4)
28 The Metamorphism of Ore Deposits	313	(8)
Part 3: Mineralization in Time and Space	321	(28)
29 The Global Distribution of Ore Deposits: Metallogenic Provinces and Epochs, Plate Tectonic Controls	321	(17)
30 Ore Mineralization through Geological Time	338	(11)
Appendix 1: Formulae of Some Minerals Mentioned in the Text	349	(2)
Appendix 2: Locations of Some Places Mentioned in the Text	351	(2)
Index	353