Applied Mineral Inventory Estimation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521021821)

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 data base, the practical use of comprehensive exploratory data evaluation, and the importance of a comprehensive geostatistical approach to the estimation methodology. Practical problems and real data are used throughout as illustrations. Each chapter ends with a summary of practical concerns, a number of 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.

Author: Alastair J. Sinclair, Garston H. Blackwell
ISBN-10: 0521021820
ISBN-13: 9780521021821
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/19/2006
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.57lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.82d