Applied mineral inventory estimation
Presents an applied approach to the estimation of mineral resources/reserves. It is suitable for any university or mining school that offers courses on mineral resource/reserve estimation. It will also be valuable for professional mining and geological engineers and geologists working with mineral e...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781601197313 1601197314 9780511545993 0511545991 9780511046728 0511046723 0511041152 9780511041150 9786610429936 6610429936 0521791030 9780521791038 1107085551 9781107085558 1107121442 9781107121447 1280429933 9781280429934 0511177496 9780511177491 0511147864 9780511147869 0511330138 9780511330131 9780521021821 0521021820 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xviii, 381 pages) : illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Mineral Inventory: An Overview; 2 Geologic Control of Mineral Inventory Estimation; 3 Continuity; 4 Statistical Concepts in Mineral Inventory Estimation: An Overview; 5 Data and Data Quality; 6 Exploratory Data Evaluation; 7 Outliers; 8 An Introduction to Geostatistics; 9 Spatial (Structural) Analysis: An Introduction to Semivariograms; 10 Kriging; 11 Global Resource Estimation; 12 Grade ... Tonnage Curves; 13 Local Estimation of Resources /Reserves; 14 An Introduction to Conditional Simulation; 15 Bulk Density.
- 16 Toward Quantifying Dilution17 Estimates and Reality; 18 Resource/Reserve Classification; 19 Decisions from Alternative Scenarios: Metal Accounting; Appendices; Appendix 1 British and International Measurement Systems: Conversion Factors; Appendix 2 U.S. Standard Sieves; Appendix 3 Drill-Hole and Core Diameters; Bibliography; Index.