Short description
Presents a comprehensive applied approach to the estimation of mineral resources/reserves with emphasis on the geological basis of such estimations, the need for and maintenance of an assay database, the practical use of an exploratory data evaluation. This work is for advanced students and professionals.
Long description
"Applied Mineral Inventory Estimation" presents a comprehensive applied approach to the estimation of mineral resources/reserves with particular emphasis on the geological basis of such estimations, the need for and maintenance of a high quality assay database, the practical use of a comprehensive exploratory data evaluation, and the importance of a comprehensive geostatistical approach to the estimation methodology. The practical problems and real data are used throughout as illustrations and each chapter ends with a summary of practical concerns, a number of practical exercises and a short list of references for supplementary study. This textbook is suitable for any university or mining school that offers senior undergraduate and graduate student courses on mineral resource/reserve estimation. It will also be valuable for professional mining engineers, geological engineers and geologists working with mineral exploration and mining companies.
Review
'... useful at various levels from student to professional. It covers pretty much everything.' Mineral Planning
Table of contents
- 1. Mineral inventory: an overview
- 2. Geological 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 geostatistical concepts
- 9. Spatial analysis: an introduction to semivariograms
- 10. Kriging
- 11. Global reserve/resource estimation
- 12. Grade-Tonnage curves
- 13. Local estimation of resources/reserves
- 14. Simulation: an introduction to conditional simulation
- 15. Bulk density
- 16. Dilution
- 17. Geostatistics and reality
- 18. Reserve/resource classification
- 19. Metal accounting
- Bibliography
- Appendices: A.1. British and international measurement systems: conversion
- A.2. US Standard sieves
- A.3. Drill hole and core diameters
- Index.