DISCUSSION TOPICS

• DEPOSIT TYPES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS

• FIELD MEASURES FOR CHARACTERIZING AGGREGATE QUALITY OF DEPOSIT TYPES

• SAMPLING PLANS FOR COLLECTING FIELD DATA

• EXAMPLES OF RESULTS

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Unconsolidated

gravel, sand, and silt

Gneiss and

igneous rock of

Precambrian age

from E. J. Crosby

, 1978

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This presentation will focus on four aspects of deposit model studies:

1-Deposit types, including how to classify and characterize deposits.

2-Some field measures of aggregate quality.

3-How to sample deposits using to obtain reliable data.

4-Examples of results based on sampling.

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