Studies of mineral deposits / Курс рудных месторождений

This book is intended for mining engineers and geologists as well as for undergraduate and postgraduate students engaged in the study of mineral deposits.
Since the general conditions of mineral deposits formation and their genetic classification are considered in a special course, the principal problems of the ore formation theory are not discussed in this book. However, some special problems of :he ore formation theory are reviewed while dealing with the mineral deposits of individual metals.
The authors have described the mineral deposits in relevance to the main metal component. The description contains sections covering geology and genesis of ferrous, non-ferrous, rare, dispersed, noble and radioactive metals. Deposits of 56 individual metals and their associations are analyzed in the book.
The authors have sought to describe ore deposits of each individual metal or their natural combinations in keeping with a certain scheme. The description begins with an outline of historical and economic data, followed by geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of a given metal. Special attention is paid to the ways and means of metal concentration resulting from endogenous and exogenous processes in the Earth’s crust. Metallogenic information is also given to characterize the origin and distribution of mineral deposits in relation to geosynclinal and platform stages of geologic history with due account of metallogenic epochs. Finally, commercial types of deposits are described on the basis of various representative examples. <...>