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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298374503321

Autore

Rossi Mario E

Titolo

Mineral Resource Estimation / / by Mario E. Rossi, Clayton V. Deutsch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

1-4020-5717-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 332 p. 271 illus., 148 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

622.13

Soggetti

Mines and mineral resources

Geotechnical engineering

Earth sciences

Geology, Economic

Mineral Resources

Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences

Earth Sciences, general

Economic Geology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Statistical Tools and Concepts -- 3. Geological Controls and Block Modeling -- 4. Definition of Estimation Domains -- 5. Data Collection and Handling -- 6. Spatial Continuity -- 7. Mining Dilution -- 8. Recoverable Resources: Estimation -- 9. Recoverable Resources: Probabilistic Estimation -- 10. Recoverable Resources: Simulation -- 11. Resource Model Validations and Reconciliations -- 12. Uncertainty and Risk -- 13. Short Term Models -- 14. Case Studies -- 15. Conclusions -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Mineral resource estimation has changed considerably in the past 25 years: geostatistical techniques have become commonplace and continue to evolve; computational horsepower has revolutionized all facets of numerical modeling; mining and processing operations are often larger; and uncertainty quantification is becoming standard practice. Recent books focus on historical methods or details of geostatistical theory. So there is a growing need to collect and synthesize the practice of modern mineral resource estimation into a



book for undergraduate students, beginning graduate students, and young geologists and engineers. It is especially fruitful that this book is written by authors with years of relevant experience performing mineral resource estimation and with years of relevant teaching experience. This comprehensive textbook and reference fills this need.