Mineral Resource Evaluation II: Methods and Case Histories
Product code: SP079
Print publication date: 30/08/1995
Geological Society of London, GSL Special Publications, Earth Resources and Economic Geology, Mineral and ore deposits, Mineralogy
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 9781897799062
Author/Edited by: M.K.G. Whateley and P.K. Harvey
Weight: 0.72kg
Number of pages: 272
Lyell Collection URL: https://www.lyellcollection.org/toc/sp/79/1
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Special Publication 79
The chapters in this volume cover a wide range of activities in the field of mineral resource evaluation. Methods that are currently in use to evaluate mineral resources are described, including exploration drilling, sampling, resource estimation, mine design, financial evaluation and mine sampling and grade control. The volume also gives case histories from all over the world, including Canada, USA, Chile, Ghana, Sweden, Zambia, Ireland and the UK, covering the evaluation of manganese, phosphate, coal, limestone, gold, base metals and kaolin deposits.
One notable aspect of this volume is the number of chapters that deal with mineral resource definitions. A mineral resource is a means to an end, not an end in itself. The aim is to develop a mine that will maximize the Net Present Value for the shareholders. It is therefore important to define resources sufficiently accurately to convince the banks to lend the necessary 75-80% of the money required to develop the mine.
This volume will be an essential reference for mine and mineral exploration geologists and engineers and financial experts working in mineral commodities and mine financing. It will also be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students of mining, geology and environmental sciences.
Preface
Definitions
RIDDLER, G. What is a mineral resource?
ARMITAGE, M. G. & POTTS, M. F. A. Some comments on the reporting of resources and reserves
JAKUBIAK, Z. & SMAKOWSKI, T. Classification of mineral reserves in the former Comecon countries
Data
GRIBBLE, P. D. Fault interpretation from coal exploration borehole data using SURPAC2 software
HATTON, W. INTMOV; a program for the interactive analysis of spatial data
NATHANAIL, P. Reserve assessment of a stratified deposit with special reference to open-cast coal mining in Great Britain
Deposit variability
NOTHOLT, A. J. G. Phosphate rock: factors in economic and technical evaluation
BELL, T. M. & WHATELE¥, M. K. G. Evaluation of grade estimation techniques
DOWD, P. A. Optimal open pit design: sensitivity to estimated block values
SCOBLE, M. & MOSS, A. Dilution in underground metal mining: implications for grade control and production management
SIDES, E. J. Quantifying differences between computer models of orebody shapes
Finance
GORMAN, P. A review and evaluation of the costs of exploration, acquisition and development of copper and gold projects in Chile
O'LEARY, J. Mining project finance and the assessment of ore reserves
Case histories
DOWD, P. A. The optimal design of quarries
AL-HASSAN, S. & ANNELS, A. E. Geostatistical estimation of manganese oxide resources at the Nsuta Mine, Ghana
ANNELS, A. E., INGRAM, S. & MALMSTROM, L. Structural reconstruction and mineral resource evaluation at Zinkgruvan Mine, Sweden
ARTHUR, J. & ANNELS, A. E. The application of geostatistical techniques to in situ resource estimation in the sand and gravel industry
CAMERON, R. I. & MIDDLEMIS, H. Computer modelling of dewatering a major open pit mine: case study from Nevada, USA
CRUMP, L. A. & DONNELLY, R. Opencast coal mining; a unique opportunity for Clee Hill Quarry
BARRY, J., GUARD, J. & WALTON, G. Database management at the Lisheen deposit, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
MITCHELL, C. J. Laboratory evaluation of kaolin: a case study from Zambia
O'LEARY, J. Cia Minera Los Pelambres: a project history
Index
