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Choice: Educational
Sites; Link Sites; Other
Sites of Interest
Educational Sites
Anatomy of a Mine
**** (1)
Detailed text on just about everything to do with mining in the US. Includes
topics from prospecting through to reclamation.
Exploration
Techniques *** (2)
Brief descriptions of geological, geophysical and geochemical techniques.
An
Introduction to Coal *** (3)
Excellent detailed information on the content and classification of coal.
Australian
Mineral Deposits
*** (4)
Mineral and mines database of Australia with an interactive map.
Mineral
Deposits
*** (5)
Basic descriptions of the various types of mineral deposits.
Montana *** (6)
From the local Bureau of mines. Aspects affecting this state.
Coal
Information *** (7)
Commonly asked questions about coal with details of the Kentucky coalfields.
Gold
and Civilisation *** (8)
Tells the story of gold in Australia
in an international context.
Coal
Geology and Resource Data Online *** (9)
From the Illinois geological survey, maps
and coal geology.
The
Australian Mining Industry ** (10)
From Settlement to 2000 (Oct, 2000) **
Gold
Prospecting Techniques (11)
Basic description.
Link Sites
Edinburgh
Engineering Virtual Library
**** (12)
The UK's internet gateway for mining engineering.
Minenet
*** (13)
Claims to be the ultimate gateway to worldwide mining information and
probably is.
Mineral Educational
Links ***
(14)
One of the best sites for educational mining links.
Mining Educator's website
*** (15)
Links to mining departments worldwide.
Mine Links
*** (16)
Worldwide web site links.
Goldsheet
*** (17)
One of the world's best Web jump off point
to Mining Company WebSites. Now contains links to well over 1000 company
home pages at least that many more to other Mining Related WebSites.
Mining
Journal *** (18)
Includes book and publication links, project
profiles and worldwide company ansd academic links.
Mining
India *** (19)
General site on mining in India with excellent
short summaries on the history of mining worldwide, high tech method of
working coal, mining environment and economic legislation etc
Mining
South Africa ** (20)
Good worldwide links but very slow.
Other sites of interest; Mine and Quarry geology worldwide
West
and Central Africa, Mining Forum
Nigeria,
Geology and Mineral deposits
Comparative
Geology, and Geochemistry of Sedimentary-Rock-Hosted (Carlin-Type)
Gold Deposits in the People's Republic of China and in Nevada, USA
Australia,
Minerals and the mineral industry
Chalice,
gold mine, Western Australia
Waihi,
Martha Mine, geology, mining and rehabilitation
Ilomantsi,
eastern Finland, Geological development, gold mineralization and exploration
methods in the late Archean Hattu schist belt.
Finland,
Diamond Potential of Finland: Summary
Gold
in Finland
Oppland,
The Grua Mining District, Norway
Byrud,
Norway, Emerald Mines
Snarum,
Modum, Buskerud, Norway, Magnesite Quarries
Soroki,
Economic gold mineralisation of the Soroki greenstone belt
Cornwall,
Devon & Somerset, Geology, Mines, Minerals
and Fossils of Southwest England
A field Trip to Castleton,
Derbyshire. ‘In search of Blue John’
Melton
Ross, Geology of the Chalk Quarries
Middlegate Quarry South
Ferriby
Rifle
Butts Quarry SSSI, Geology
Visit to Boulby
Potash Mine
Kildonan
Burn, Gold in Scotland
Arizona,
White Mountains, Copper mining, porphyry deposits.
Carolina,
Mount Airy, granite quarry
Maine,
Mount Apatite, minerals, feldspar quarries.
Utah,
Fluorspar, beryllium, and uranium deposits at Spor Mountain, Western Utah
Geology and Ore Deposits of the Timmins District,
Ontario.
The Ontario
Geological Survey, inclusive online mining information
Mexico,
Copper of Sierra Cobre
USGS Reports
The main resource for mine, mineral extraction,
mineral mapping and geochemistry of mineral and mining waste deposits,
mainly in the USA, but also worldwide. Selected reports for 2002/2001:
02-026
Mapped Minerals at Questa, New Mexico, Using Airbourne Visible-Infrared
Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) Data -- Preliminary Report [New as of 02.04.02]
02-028
Arsenic in Rocks and Stream Sediments of the Central Applachian Basin,
Kentucky [WEB ONLY] [New as of 03.12.02]
02-029
Historical Trends in U.S. Mineral Statistics for Selected Non-Ferrous
Metals [WEB ONLY] [New as of 03.15.02]
02-055
Geologic Cross Sections Showing the Concentrations of As, Cd, Co, Cu,
Cr, Fe, Mo, Ni, Pb, and Zn in Acid-Insoluble Residues of Paleozoic Rocks
within the Doniphan/Eleven Point Ranger District of the Mark Twain National
Forest, Missouri, USA [WEB ONLY] [New as of 02.14.02]
02-074
Petrographic and Geochemical Characterization of Ore-bearing Intrusions
of the Noril'sk type, Siberia; With Discussion of Their Origin, Including
Additional Datasets and Core Logs [WEB ONLY] [New as of 02.28.02]
02-110
Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan [WEB ONLY] [New as of 03.22.02]
01-003
Geochemical Data for Historic Mining Areas, Central Western Slope,
Colorado [WEB ONLY]
01-006
Historical Statistics for Mineral Commodities in the United States [WEB
ONLY]
01-237
Eagle Mountain Mine -- Geology of the Former Kaiser Steel Operation in
Riverside County, California [WEB ONLY]
01-291
Mineral Potential Modelling of Gold and Silver Mineralization in the Nevada
Great Basin -- A GIS-Based Analysis Using Weights of Evidence [WEB ONLY]
01-321
Chromite Deposits in Central Part Stillwater Complex, Sweet Grass
County, Montana: A Digital Database for the Geologic Map of the East Slope
of Iron Mountain [WEB ONLY]
01-336
Geochemistry of Selected Mercury
Mine-tailings in the Parkfield Mercury District, California [WEB ONLY]
01-360
Mineral Resources Out of the Ground . . . Into Our Daily Lives [WEB
ONLY]
01-411
Chemical Composition of Samples Collected from Waste Rock Dumps and Other
Mining-Related Features at Selected Phosphate Mines in Southeastern Idaho,
Western Wyoming, and Northern Utah [WEB ONLY] [New as of 02.14.02]
00-047
Coal-Bearing Regions and Structural Sedimentary Basins of China and Adjacent
Seas
00-144
Minerals in Our Environment
00-338
Analytical Results for Mine Dump
Samples and Leachate Solutions, Upper Animas River Watershed, San Juan
County, Colorado
00-371
Ground Geophysical Study of the Buckeye Mine Tailings, Boulder Watershed,
Montana
00-459
Hydrogeochemical Data for Historic Mining Areas, Humboldt Watershed and
Adjacent Areas, Northern Nevada [WEB ONLY]
99-0005
Calculation of Coal Resources Using ARC/INFO and EarthVision: Methodology
for the National Coal Resource Assessment
99-0029
Lithology and Aggregate Quality Attributes for the Digital Geologic Map
of Colorado [PDF format]
99-0136
Geological and Geophysical Setting of the Gold-Silver Vein Systems of
Unga Island, Southwestern Alaska
99-0165
Preliminary Publications Book 1 from Project on Mineral Resources, Metallogenesis,
and Tectonics of Northeast Asia
99-0376
National Coal Resource Assessment Non-Proprietary Data: Location, Stratigraphy,
and Coal Quality for Selected Tertiary Coal in the Northern Rocky Mountains
and Great Plains Region
97-0081
An Introduction to Sand and Gravel Deposit Models, Front Range Urban Corridor
97-0137A
Assessment of the Coal Resources of the Kyrgyz Republic: Coal Character
and Distribution, Geology, Mining, and Importance, to the Nation's Future
97-0447
The COALPROD Database: Historical Production Data for the Major Coal-Producing
Regions of the Conterminous United States
96-0092
Coal Fields of the Conterminous United States
96-0280
Map Showing Areal Extent of the Pittsburgh Coal Bed and Horizon and Mined
Areas of the Pittsburgh Coal Bed in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia,
and Maryland
91-0011-A
Some Industrial Mineral Deposit Models: Descriptive Deposit Models
82-0795
Characteristics of Mineral Deposit Occurrences
Circular
891. Coal Resource Classification System of the U.S. Geological Survey
Circular
1178. 1998 Assessment of Undiscovered Deposits of Gold, Silver, Copper,
Lead, and Zinc in the United States [New as of 07-19-01]
The above reports are only a small fracation
of the overall USGS
reports that can be obtained online. For the pre 2001 reports on mines,
mining and the geochemistry of mines and mine waste.
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