The present volume Stratabound Ore Deposits in the Andes has its roots in an international seminar on stratabound ore deposits which took place in September 1986 in Cusco, Peru, sponsored by Multi ciencias (Peru) and UNESCO. During this seminar it became clear that the amount and quality of research done on stratabound ore deposits in the Andes required a synthesis. Researchers in industry and government as well as in academia, including many which had participated at the Cusco Seminar, were invited to contribute. The answer was extremely positive, confirming the idea that a book expressing the state of the art of the study of stratabound ore deposits in the Andes was long overdue. As editors we sought to give maximum coverage to the present knowledge, yet keeping the length, and thereby the price, within rea sonable limits. The book contains three types of contributions. In the first part the reader will find review papers focusing on ( 1) the geologic framework (Frutos), (2) the metallogenesis in Andean countries including also types of deposits differing from those of stratabound nature (Cardozo and Cedillo, Oyarzun), and (3) an in troductory overview of the stratabound ore deposits in the Andes, emphasizing their geotectonic position as a classification tool (Font bote).
Editors and Affiliations
Département de Minéralogie, Université de Genève, Genève 4, Switzerland
Lluís Fontboté
Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany
G. Christian Amstutz
Gerente de Exploraciones, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, and Newmont Peru Limited, Urb. Corpac, Lima-San Isidro, Peru
Miguel Cardozo
Facultad de Minas, Metalurgia y Geología, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Gto., Mexico
Esteban Cedillo
Programa de Geología Económica Aplicada, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
José Frutos
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Stratabound Ore Deposits in the Andes
Editors: Lluís Fontboté, G. Christian Amstutz, Miguel Cardozo, Esteban Cedillo, José Frutos