Table of Contents

Introduction; Some aspects of mining and mining economics; Nature and morphology of mineral deposits; Textures and structures of ore and gangue minerals; Genesis of mineral deposits; Geothermometry, geobarometry, paragenetic sequence, zoning and classification of ore deposits; Diamond deposits; The carbonatite-alkaline igneous ore environment; Pegnatite and greisen deposits; Orthoagmatic deposits of chromium, platinum, titanium and iron associated with basic and ultrabasic rocks; Orthomagmatic copper-nickel-iron (-platinoid_ deposits associated with basic and ultrabasic rocks; The skarn environment; Disseminated and stockwork deposits associated with plutonic intrusives; Stratiform sulphide and oxide deposits; The vein association and related deposits; Strata-bound deposits; Sedimentary deposits; Residual deposits and supergene enrichment; Industrial minerals; Water - the essential mineral; Gas and oil; Coal; Nuclear energy; Geothermal energy; Metamorphism of ore deposits; Mineral deposits in space and time; Table of mineral formulae

About the Author

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