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Giant Metallic Deposits

Future Sources of Industrial Metals

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Peter Laznicka

    1. West Lakes, Australia

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  • Provides abundant material for comparative research in metallogeny Provides practical information for explorationists Provides some inspiration for commodity investors -

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Civilization based on metals

    • Peter Laznicka
    Pages 5-36

  3. Data on metallic deposits and magnitude categories: the giant and world class deposits

    • Peter Laznicka
    Pages 37-58

  4. From trace metals to giant deposits

    • Peter Laznicka
    Pages 59-68

  5. Geological divisions that contain ore giants: introduction and the role of mantle

    • Peter Laznicka
    Pages 69-80

  6. Oceans and young island arc systems

    • Peter Laznicka
    Pages 81-108

  7. Andean-type convergent continental margins (upper volcanic-sedimentary level)

    • Peter Laznicka
    Pages 109-168

  8. Cordilleran granitoids in convergent continental margins (lower, plutonic levels)

    • Peter Laznicka
    Pages 169-262

  9. Intracratonic (intraplate) orogens granites hydrothermal deposits

    • Peter Laznicka
    Pages 263-340

  10. Volcano-sedimentary orogens

    • Peter Laznicka
    Pages 341-374

  11. Precambrian greenstone-granite terrains

    • Peter Laznicka
    Pages 375-424

  12. Proterozoic-style intracratonic orogens and basins: extension, sedimentation, magmatism

    • Peter Laznicka
    Pages 425-492

  13. Rifts, paleorifts, rifted margins, anorogenic and alkaline magmatism

    • Peter Laznicka
    Pages 493-550

  14. Sedimentary associations and regolith

    • Peter Laznicka
    Pages 551-640

  15. Higher-grade metamorphic associations

    • Peter Laznicka
    Pages 641-676

  16. Giant deposits in geological context

    • Peter Laznicka
    Pages 677-702

  17. Giant deposits: industry, economics, politics

    • Peter Laznicka
    Pages 703-724

  18. Finding or acquiring giant deposits

    • Peter Laznicka
    Pages 725-748

  19. Epilogue

    • Peter Laznicka
    Pages 749-754

  20. References

    • Peter Laznicka
    Pages 755-826
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About this book

Metals in the earth's crust are very unevenly distributed and, traditionally, a small number of ore deposits, districts or countries have dominated the world supply and have influenced commodity prices. The importance of exceptionally large, or rich, deposits has greatly increased in the age of globalization when a small number of international corporations dominate the metals market, based on few very large ore deposits, practically anywhere in the world. Search for giant orebodies thus drives the exploration industry: not only the in-house teams of large internationals, but also hundreds of junior companies hoping to sell their significant discoveries to the "big boys". Geological characteristics of giant metallic deposits and their setting and the politico-economic constraints of access to and exploitation in prospective areas have been a "hot topic" in the past fifteen years, but the knowledge generated and published has been one-sided, scattered and fragmented. This is the first comprehensive book on the subject that provides body of solid facts rather than rapidly changing theories, written by author of the Empirical Metallogeny book series and founder of the Data Metallogenica visual knowledge system on mineral deposits of the world, who has had an almost 40 years long international academic and industrial experience. The book will provide abundant material for comparative research in metallogeny, practical information for the explorationists as to where to look for the "elephants", and some inspiration for commodity investors.

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  • West Lakes, Australia

    Peter Laznicka

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