Mineral Processing Part 2
Introduction The area has been explored, the deposit has been modeled, and the ore has been extracted: now what? It’s […]
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Mineral Processing Part 1
Introduction The area has been explored, the deposit has been modeled, and the ore has been extracted: now what? It’s
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Geology Fundamentals: Identifying Igneous Rocks in the Field
Many common ore deposit types are igneous: porphyry copper deposits, pegmatites, and layered mafic intrusions, to name a few. While
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Great Deposits – Slovakia’s Banská Štiavnica Mining District
Built on the site of an ancient caldera, Banská Štiavnica in Slovakia is home to one of Europe’s great mineral
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Great Deposits: The Atolia District Tungsten Mines, California
The Atolia (or Atolia-Rand) tungsten area, also known as Atolia mining district, is located in the Mojave Desert in western
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The Lorraine Mine: Revisiting and Remodeling in Exploration
The Lorraine Mine in southwestern Quebec, Canada produced more than 600,000 tons of ore grading 1.37% Cu, 0.62% Ni, 0.2
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Mineral Resources of Antarctica (It’s only a matter of time)
There has always been heated debate around the subject of Antarctica as a mineral resource. While the exploitation of mineral
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Komatiites and Ni-Cu-PGE deposits
Introduction Komatiites (pronounced ko-ma-tee-ites) are an unusual and very ancient volcanic rock. They are interesting to geologists for their unique
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Mining in Greenland: Hudson Resources Anorthosite Project
Introduction [box type=”shadow” align=”aligncenter” ]EDITORS NOTE: Following our recent article on anorthosites, a reader asked us about an industrial minerals
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Anorthosites: Fe-Ti and Vanadium Deposits
Introduction Many are familiar with the platinum group element and chromite-rich rock sequences, and vanadium magnetite layers of the Bushveld
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