Mineral Deposits
A section of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X).
Section Information
The Mineral Deposits Section focuses on all types of mineral deposits, including metallic deposits and deposits of industrial rocks and minerals. A wide breadth of contributions is welcomed from descriptive to exploration to genetic models at microscopic to deposit to district scales. Contributions are expected to provide significant new information and insight into mineral deposits using standard to novel approaches. In addition, authors are encouraged to submit reviews of a particular deposit, a district, or type of deposit.
Keywords:
- Economic geology;
- Mineral deposits;
- Metallic mineral deposits;
- Industrial rocks and minerals;
- Ore deposits;
- Mineral deposit geology;
- Metallogeny;
- Mineral deposit processes;
- Mineral deposit genesis;
- Mineral exploration;
- Ore minerals;
- Hydrothermal minerals;
- Mineralization
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Topic Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- The Application of Automated SEM-Based Identification of Detrital, Diagenetic and Indicator Mineral Phases (Deadline: 15 September 2021)
- Mineralogical, Geochemical, Hyperspectral and Isotopic Constraints on the Formation and Discovery of VMS Deposits (Deadline: 17 September 2021)
- Economic Potential and Characteristics of REE Deposits and Other Critical Raw Materials (Deadline: 17 September 2021)
- Advances in Cu-Ni-PGE Mineralization (Deadline: 17 September 2021)
- Oceanic Ferromanganese Deposits (Deadline: 24 September 2021)
- Granite-Related Tourmalines: Origin, Mineralogy, Petrology, and Relevance in Mineral Deposits (Deadline: 24 September 2021)
- Sphalerite Composition and Formation Conditions in Epithermal Deposits (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- The Mineralogy of the Siliceous Concretions (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Structural Controls on Mineralization: From Exploration to Mining (Deadline: 15 October 2021)
- Structural and Metamorphic Evolutions of the Pre-Alpine Lithosphere of the Alps (Deadline: 22 October 2021)
- Porphyry Cu-Au-Mo Deposits: Exploration, Resource Assessment, and Critical Mineral Potential of Ore and Waste (Deadline: 22 October 2021)
- Igneous Complex and Mineralization in Subaerial and Submarine Contexts (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Diagenetic and Vein Minerals in Sedimentary Rock Complexes: Formation, Constraints and Significance for Reconstruction of Geological History (Deadline: 19 November 2021)
- Advances in Electrical Resistivity and Electromagnetic Imaging Methods of Mineral Deposits and Mining Wastes (Deadline: 25 November 2021)
- Geology of Mineral Deposits of the Ocean (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Geology and Mineralogy of Hydrothermal Gold Deposits (Deadline: 10 December 2021)
- Mineralogy and Petrology of Mafic-Ultramafic Layered Intrusions (Deadline: 10 December 2021)
- Geochemistry, Mineral Chemistry and Geochronology of Uranium Deposits (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Hydrothermal Systems Across Time and Space: Advances and Perspectives (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Fluid, Melt and Solid Inclusions as a Petrogenetic Indicators (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Ni-Co Laterite Deposits (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Geochronology of W-Sn Polymetallic Deposits (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Exploring Mining Landscapes: Reconciling Past and Present of Mining Activity (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- The Geochemical Evolution of Brines in the Earth's Crust (Deadline: 14 January 2022)
- Novel Methods and Applications for Mineral Exploration, Volume II (Deadline: 21 January 2022)
- Origin of Seafloor Massive Sulfide Deposits: News from Mineralogy and Geochemistry (Deadline: 18 February 2022)
- Magmatic-Hydrothermal Systems through Time (Deadline: 18 February 2022)
- New Economy Minerals (Deadline: 21 February 2022)
- Rare Metal Ore Formations and Rare Metal Metallogeny (Deadline: 21 February 2022)
- Geological Evolution of The Cretaceous and Associated Mineralization (Deadline: 1 March 2022)
- Understanding Hydrothermal Metal Deposits Insights from In-situ Analyses (Deadline: 15 March 2022)
- Crustal Evolution and Its Temporal Correlations with Mineral Deposits (Deadline: 18 March 2022)
- Iron Biogeochemical Cycle: Relationship with Global and Regional Earth Processes, and Ore Deposits Formation (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Novel Aspects of the Metallogeny and Exploration of Gems and Precious Metals (Deadline: 15 April 2022)
- Gold Deposits in Russia: Geology, Mineralogy and Ore Genesis (Deadline: 23 April 2022)
- Metal Transport and Deposition in Ore-Forming Hydrothermal Fluids (Deadline: 1 September 2022)