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Mineral Deposit Models

By Dennis P. Cox and Donald A. Singer, Editors

This publication describes the geologic characteristics of a number of specific mineral deposits and their regional geologic environments. The compendium of geologic models presented includes 85 descriptive models giving identifying attributes of the deposit type and 60 grade-tonnage models giving estimated pre-mining tonnage's and grades from over 3900 well-characterized deposits.

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Version 1.0

Posted 1998

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