Evans

Introduction to Mineral Exploration

Second Edition
Edited by Charles J. Moon, Michael K.G. Whateley & Anthony M. Evans With contributions from William L. Barrett Timothy Bell Anthony M. Evans John Milsom Charles J. Moon Barry C. Scott Michael K.G. Whateley

introduction to mineral exploration

Introduction to Mineral Exploration

Second Edition
Edited by Charles J. Moon, Michael K.G. Whateley & Anthony M. Evans With contributions from William L. Barrett Timothy Bell Anthony M. Evans John Milsom Charles J. Moon Barry C. Scott Michael K.G. Whateley

Copyright © 2006 by Charles J. Moon, Michael K.G. Whateley, and Anthony M. Evans BLACKWELL PUBLISHING 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5020, USA 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK 550 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia The rights of Charles J. Moon, Michael K.G. Whateley, and Anthony M. Evans to be identified as the Authors of this Work have been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher. First edition published 1995 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd Second edition published 2006 1 2006 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Introduction to mineral exploration.–2nd ed. / edited by Charles J. Moon, Michael K.G. Whateley & Anthony M. Evans; with contributions from William L. Barrett . . . [et al.]. p. cm. Evans’s appears first on the previous ed. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-1317-5 (pbk. : acid-free paper) ISBN-10: 1-4051-1317-0 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 1. Prospecting. 2. Mining geology. I. Moon, Charles J. II. Whateley, M.K.G. III. Evans, Anthony M. TN270.I66 2006 622′.1—dc22 2005014825 A