Economic Mineral Deposits: A Review
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Deposits".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 30430
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ore deposits; porphyry-epithermal mineralization; mineralogy; geochemistry; fluid inclusions
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Interests: ore minerals; critical metals; magmatic-hydrothermal ore deposits; mineralogy of hydrothermal alterations in porphyry-epithermal systems; mineralogy and genesis of gemstones
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Interests: ore deposit modelling, orogenic gold, structural geology, metamorphic petrology, Archean
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Economic mineral deposits occur in all geological environments and are mined in substantial quantities that meet the world demands. Many factors crucial for the formation of mineral deposits control their mineral paragenesis, textures, and mineral chemistry. These features affect the exploration projects and the mining and metallurgical processes of the companies, which invest considerable amounts of capital to extract these deposits.
The Special Issue "Economic Mineral Deposits: A Review" will cover topics related to mineral deposits of broader interest to the geoscience community. It will contain review articles that cover recent advances in our understanding of mineral deposits as demonstrated by studies of geological setting, host rocks, mineralogy, geochemistry, fluid circulation, conceptual model, and formation. These data will contribute significantly to the knowledge about the distribution of economic mineral deposits in specific geotectonic environments through space and time for exploration and exploitation.
Prof. Dr. Vasilios Melfos
Prof. Dr. Panagiotis Voudouris
Dr. Grigorios Aarne Sakellaris
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mineral deposits
- new economy minerals
- industrial minerals
- ore forming systems
- genetic models
- economic viability
- mineral exploration
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