Although there are between 12 and 15 different typestyles of uranium deposits, almost all economic uranium deposits come from just two types: unconformity-related deposits,and sandstone uranium deposits. Unconformity-related deposits account ...
Read More »Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide (VMS) Base Metal Deposits
Nearly a quarter of the world’s zinc production is from volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposits. In Canada, approximately half of country’s zinc production is from VMS deposits that also supply ...
Read More »Tungsten
Tungsten is the 74th element on the periodic table and is closely related to both chromium and molybdenum. Tungsten has the symbol W, an abbreviation of wolfram, which is of ...
Read More »Tin
Tin is number 50 on the periodic table of the elements. It has the symbol Sn, which is an abbreviation of stannum; the Latin word for tin. With a concentration ...
Read More »Diamonds – Where They Are Found and Why
Like gold, diamonds were originally recovered from alluvial deposits. However, unlike gold, the actual mining of diamonds from source deposits didn’t start until the late 19th century in the Kimberley ...
Read More »Minerals on the Edge – Plate Boundaries and Minerals
The world is a dynamic place, the earth that we stand on, and think of as fixed, is anything but. The most unstable areas of all are the plate boundaries, ...
Read More »Iron Deposits – Banded Iron Formations (BIF)
All the world’s Banded Iron Formations appear to have been formed by an unusual, one-off event. With many types of mineralisation – we can see the process occurring today – ...
Read More »Platinum Group Metals
There are six platinum group metals or PGMs . The group comprises; platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), rhodium (Rh), iridium (Ir), osmium (Os) and ruthenium (Ru). The platinum group metals are ...
Read More »Zinc
Zinc is the 30th element on the periodic table. It has the symbol Zn, which is an abbreviation of zinke; the German word for “tooth-like, pointed or jagged”, which probably ...
Read More »Lead
Lead is number 82 on the periodic table of the elements. It is the most stable of the high atomic number elements. All other elements higher in atomic number, undergo ...
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