Atlas of Economic Mineral Deposits Atlas of Econolnic Mineral Deposits'

Atlas of Economic Mineral Deposits Atlas of Econolnic Mineral DepositS'-

COLIN J. DIXON

Senior Lecturer in Mining Geology, Imperial College, London

LONDON CHAPMAN AND HALL Contents

First published 1979 Introduction page 5 The Almaden Mercury Deposit - Spain page 74 by Chapman and Hall Ltd The Deposits of the MacIntyre-Hollinger Field -:- I I New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE SECTION ONE: Deposits in Geological Environments Canada 76 at the Earth's Surface The Homestake Gold Deposit -U.S.A. 78 Introduction 12 © 1979 Colin J. Dixon The Bunker Hill Silver Deposit - U.S.A. 80 The Bauxite Deposits of Jamaica 14 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1979 The El Salvador Porphyry Copper Deposit - Chile 82 The Onverdacht Bauxite Deposit - Surinam 16 The Chuquicamata Copper Deposit - Chile 84 Flercher & Son Ltd, Th'e Nickel Deposits of New Caledonia 18 The Bingham Canyon Copper Deposit - U.S.A. 86 Noroflch The Nsuta Manganese Deposit - Ghana 20 The Climax Molybdenum Deposit - U.S.A. 88 The Tin Deposits of the Kinta Valley - Malaysia 22 The Butte District - U.S.A. 90 ISBN-I 3: 978-94-011-6513-6 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-011-6511-2 The Beach-Sand Deposits of North Stradbroke Island• DOl: 1O.1007/978-94-011-6511-2 The Santa Eulaila Deposit - Mexico. 2 Australia 24 9 The South-West England District - U.K. All rights reserved. No part of The Witwatersrand Gold-Uranium Deposits - South 94 this book may be reprinted, or reproduced Africa 26 The Pine Creek Tungsten Deposit - U. S .A. 96 or utilized in any form or by any electronic, The Uranium Deposits of the Blind River Area- The Bikita Pegmatite - Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) 98 mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter Canada 28 SECTION FOUR: Mineral Deposits in Basic and invented, including photocopying and recording, The Esterhazy Potash Deposits - Canada 30 or in any information storage and retrieval Ultrabasic Magmatic Rocks The Sulphur Salt Dome - U.S.A. 32 system, without permission in writing Introduction 100 The Iron Deposits of the Northampton District - U.K. 34 from the Publisher. The Plantinum Deposits of the Merensky Reef - The Mesabi Iron Range - U.S.A. 36 South Africa 102 The Iron Deposits of the I tabira District - Brazil 38 The Chromite Deposits of the Great Dyke - Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) 104 SECTION TWO: Mineral Deposits in Sedimentary Rocks The Sudbury Nickel Deposits - Canada 106 Introduction 40 The Tellnes Illmenite Deposit - Norway 108 The Luanshya Copper Deposit - Zambia 42 The Chromite Deposits of Mugla District - Turkey 110 The Ambrosia Lake Uranium Field- U.S.A. 44 The Asbestos Deposits of the Thetford District - Canada 112 The Laisvall Lead-Zinc Deposit - Sweden 46 The Palabora Complex - South Africa The Picher Lead-Zinc Field - U.S.A. 48 114 The Mwadui Diamond Pipe - Tanzania 116 The Zinc, Lead and Barite Deposits of the Silvermines District - Ireland · 50 SEC T ION F I V E: The World Distribution of Mineral The Zinc-Lead Deposits of the Pine Point District- Deposits Canada 52 Introduction 119 The Sullivan Deposit - Canada 54 Copper Deposits of the World 122 The Broken Hill Deposit - Australia 56 Lead and Zinc Deposits of the World 124 SECTION THREE: Deposits Associated with Felsic Iron and Ferro-alloy metal Deposits of the World 126 Magmatic Environments Light Metal Deposits of the World 128 Introduction 59 Precious Metal Deposits of the World 130 The Helen Iron Deposit - Canada 62 Glossary of Mineral Names 132 Tl)e Pyritic Deposits of the Tamasos Field - Cyprus 64 The Skorovas Pyritic Deposit - Norway 66 Units of Measurement 137 The Rio Tinto Deposits - Spain 68 The Noranda Field - Canada 70 Key to Stratigraphic Names 138 4 The Deposits of the Kosaka District - Japan 72 Index 141