Giant Metallic Deposits

1. Front Matter

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2. Civilization based on metals

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   Pages 5-36

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

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   Pages 37-58

4. From trace metals to giant deposits

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   Pages 59-68

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

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   Pages 69-80

6. Oceans and young island arc systems

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

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   Pages 109-168

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

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   Pages 169-262

9. Intracratonic (intraplate) orogens granites hydrothermal deposits

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   Pages 263-340

10. Volcano-sedimentary orogens

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    Pages 341-374

11. Precambrian greenstone-granite terrains

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    Pages 375-424

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

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    Pages 425-492

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

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    Pages 493-550

14. Sedimentary associations and regolith

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    Pages 551-640

15. Higher-grade metamorphic associations

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16. Giant deposits in geological context

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17. Giant deposits: industry, economics, politics

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18. Finding or acquiring giant deposits

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19. Epilogue

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20. References

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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.

• economic geology
• global metals resources
• metallogeny
• mineral economics
• ore deposits
• mineral resources

• West Lakes, Australia

  Peter Laznicka

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