MINERAL RESOURCES AND EXPLORATION: Growth in mineral production
Metal prices
Patterns of production and consumption
The nature of mineral exploration
Mining and the environment
GEOLOGICAL MAPPING AND PROSPECTING: The importance of geological mapping and prospecting
Traditional prospecting methods
PHOTOGEOLOGY AND REMOTE SENSING: Photogeology
Side-looking airborne radar (slar)
Satellite photographs and imagery
Thermal imagery
Other remote detection methods
Air sampling methods
GEOCHEMICAL PROSPECTING: Distribution of elements
Primary dispersion
Secondary dispersion
Soil types
Statistical treatment of data
Drainage surveys
Soil surveys
Vegetation and water surveys
Analytical methods
DEEP SAMPLING METHODS: Pitting and trenching
Auger drilling
Hand-held percussion drills
Wagon drilling
Banka drilling
GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING: Gravity surveying
Magnetic surveying
Resistivity surveys
Induced polarization (ip) surveys
Electromagnetic (em) surveying
Self-potential (sp) surveys
Equipotential (ep) surveys
Magneto-telluric (mt) surveys
Seismic methods
Radiometric surveying
Geothermal methods
Well-logging techniques
DRILLING METHODS: Percussion drilling
Churn drilling
Diamond drilling
Rotary drilling
SURVEYING: Chaining
Compass and tape surveys
Determination of elevation
Plane table surveying
Surveying calculations
Measurements with a theodolite
Measurement of distance
Astronomical surveying
ORE RESERVE CALCULATIONS: Ore and ore reserves
Plan methods
Cross-sectional methods
Steeply dipping ore bodies
Ore bodies of variable dip
Use of ore blocks
Cut-off grades
Tonnage factor
Sampling for grade determination
EVALUATION OF PROSPECTS: Mineral dressing
Smelting and refining of ores
Mining methods
Economic feasibility studies
Examination of properties