Great Deposits – The Comstock Lode
Introduction Flying over Nevada on a clear day is one of the great joys of being an economic geologist. The […]
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Great Deposits
The world’s greatest ore deposits. These are the minerals deposits and mines that set the standard for a deposit type. In many cases they changed the their host countries and communities for good. They are the stuff of legend.
Largest Gold Deposits in the World – Witwatersrand Gold Fields
Introduction The gold fields of the Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa are, by a landslide, the largest single gold producing
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Great Deposits – Alaska’s Pebble Copper-Gold Deposit
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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Great Deposits – Grasberg Part 3 – Mining and Engineering
In our first two articles we discussed the history and geology of the Grasberg Mine and it is now time to come back
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Great Deposits- Grasberg Part 2 – Geology
In Grasberg Part 1 we discussed the social and cultural aspects of the Grasberg deposit and outlined it’s long and fascinating
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Great Deposits of the World – Grasberg Part 1
When creating this series on great deposits there are various criteria that can be used to evaluate whether a deposit
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Great Deposits of the World – La Escondida Porphyry Copper, Chile
Even in a land known for its giant copper deposits, such as Los Pelambres, Andina, Chuqiucamata Collahausi, the La Escondida
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Great Deposits of the World – Hishikari, Japan.
Deep in the green hills of Southern Kyushu, Japan, on the edge of ridge is one of the great gold
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Great Deposits of The World – Olympic Dam, Australia
This is the first article of many which will look at some of the great mineral deposits of the world.
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