Como puede verse por el título, este libro trata de Geología aplicada a la Minería. Menos evidente es, quizás, el hecho que intenta cubrir un campo bastante distinto del de aquellos textos titulados Yacimientos Minerales o Geología Económica. Estos libros se ocupan principalmente del origen y naturaleza de los yacimientos,y de descripciones de distritos mineros característicos, y proporcionan al geólogo minero profesional la base científica para su trabajo.

This report on nonfuel mineral deposits and resources of the Asia and the Pacific region is one of a series of geologic regional reports produced by the U.S. Geological Survey to provide up to date summary information of known and undiscovered mineral resources around the globe (Cunningham and others, 2005; Nokleberg and others, 2005; Zientek and others, 2005). These geologic regional reports are designed to be informative with respect to the location and endowment of mineral resources for each region. Boundaries of these regions are those of the USGS Minerals Yearbooks, which monitor production and economic factors affecting the mineral industries of the regions. Additional and historic information related to mineral production statistics also can be found in the Yearbooks. The area described within each of the regional reports is shown on Figure 1 and the Yearbooks are available on line at http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/myb.html. <...>

A nation’s endowment of nonfuel mineral resources, relative to the world’s endowment, is a fundamental consideration in decisions related to a nation’s economic and environmental well being and security. Knowledge of the worldwide abundance, distribution, and general geologic setting of mineral commodities provides a framework within which a nation can make decisions about economic development of its own resources, and the economic and environmental consequences of those decisions, in a global perspective. The information in this report is part of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) endeavor to evaluate the global endowment of both identified and undiscovered nonfuel mineral resources.

Geology of Australian and Papua New Guinean Mineral Deposits heralds a new era in  the publication of The AusIMM Monograph Series. The new methodology involves a small Committee, including a Project Coordinator. It has proved most effective and economical.

The Monograph 22 Committee was established early in 1996, under the direction of Sandra Close, (Chairman of The AusIMM Publications Committee) with the Joint Editors, The AusIMM Publications Manager and the Project Coordinator. Overall parameters and criteria for papers were determined and a detailed Guide to Authors and Standard Operating Procedures were developed, to ensure a streamlined process. Over 300 companies were then invited to submit papers if their deposits met the criteria. The invitation was repeated in The AusIMM Bulletin and The Australian Geologist, to ensure that the volume’s coverage was comprehensive.