The study area is included in the geological context of the Goias Median Massif, a region where there are associations of Archean granite-gneiss complex (Block Moquém) and a Paleoproterozoic metavolcano-sedimentary sequence ...

Supergene metal deposits form when common rock types or deeply buried primary ore bodies are exposed at or near the Earth's surface and undergo oxidation, dissolution and reconcentration of the metals. Supergene metal ...

This monograph presents the data of geological mapping, structural and economic research of an area of about 230 km², in the outskirts of Jacutinga / MG, south of Minas Gerais State and adjacent areas of the northeastern ...

The surface of Península Valdés is gently cut, characterized by plateaus, sea cliffs, and spits as well as depressions caused by a complex process of tectonic, deflation, fluvial erosion, and mass wasting. Subsurface geology ...

The Huancavelica quicksilver district, the world's largest producer of quicksilver for over a century and a half, is in the Cordillera Occidental of south-central Peru. All the important mines of the district are in a ...

© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.Long-term open-pit mine planning is a critical stage of a mining project that seeks to establish the best strategy for extracting mineral resources, based on the ...

The N6 Plateau presents an iron-ore occurence in Carajás Mineral Province, standing near to actually operating deposits. Geological mapping in 1:10,000 scale and integration of geochemical, geophysical, petrography and ...