Located in the Mount Isa inlier of Queensland, Australia, the Mt Isa deposits represent the largest accumulations of lead, zinc […]
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The Bathurst Mining Camp (BMC) is one of the world’s oldest base metal mining districts and one of Canada’s largest
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Built on the site of an ancient caldera, Banská Štiavnica in Slovakia is home to one of Europe’s great mineral
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In this column on great deposits, I have discussed those that were rich, big, changed destinies, broke governments and accumulated
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Introduction Flying over Nevada on a clear day is one of the great joys of being an economic geologist. The
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Introduction The gold fields of the Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa are, by a landslide, the largest single gold producing
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There are big deposits and then there are supermassive deposits. A big deposit will have a good 20-40 year resource life at with
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When creating this series on great deposits there are various criteria that can be used to evaluate whether a deposit
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Deep in the green hills of Southern Kyushu, Japan, on the edge of ridge is one of the great gold
Great Deposits of the World – Hishikari, Japan. Read More »
