Mineral Resources
There are many sites dedicated to Mineral resources and the study, extraction, and marketing of them. Here are only a few.
MineNet - an
amazingly complete listing of mining related links
Images from all sorts of
mines and mining operations
The B.C and Yukon Online Prospecting
School
This site is the Minerals and
Metals Sector Home page and This page has more
specific information from the Canadian Natural Resources folks.
Mining and Mining Procedures Links
California Gold Mining Terms and Procedures - 1876
How We Mine – a fun and informative site from ThinkQuest
Methods of Extraction of Gold – from a Czech mining company
Gravitational & Flotation Techniques
And - for some balance
This site has Resources
for Mining Activists
This is the EPA site on Mining Wastes with
extensive articles on extraction and exploitation of various ores, and problems
associated with these practices.
This is the NIOSH site on Mining
Safety and Health Research
EnviroMine - for
environmental impacts of mining and exploration
Izaak Walton League - Positions on Mining
Acid Rock Drainage (ARD) Sites
Acid Rock Drainage Reference List –
ARD at Enviromine Home Page – online tutorials on Acid Rock Drainage
Acid Rock Drainage Guidelines – especially section 1.2. Metal Leaching and ARD
Using Clay as an Impermeable Barrier to ARD – one novel approach to the problem
Disposing of Acid Tailings in Permafrost – a second novel approach to the problem
MineNet -- Forum: Acid Mine Drainage – questions folks have asked to MineNet
Methane Hydrates Sites
Introductions and popular science
Science News: The Ice that Burns
Scientific American: Science and the Citizen: Methane Fever: February 2000
ABCNEWS.com : Congress Looks to Mining Methane Hydrates
AQUAlibrium - Introduction to Hydrates
USGS Fact sheet: Gas (Methane) Hydrates
DOE Fossil Energy - Methane (Gas) Hydrates
Other viewpoints
Methane Hydrates: Energy Prospect or Natural Hazard?
Methane Hydrates: Energy Prospect or Natural Hazard?
Greenpeace: Methane Hydrates and Global Warming
Mar. 17 2000: Hour One: Methane Hydrates/Fuel Cell Update
DOE-Fossil Energy: Testimony on Methane Hydrates
And finally:
Hydrates Links - from the Hydrates Community
Just about every mining, exploration, or production company has a WWWebsite as a public relations tool. Explore as you will – but be aware of the bias of the site!!
Two interesting approaches to energy resources and their
impact on the public are found at Univ. of Wisconsin, and include sites that
focus on:
1) alternative energy possibilities -
which contains student papers, and some additional links at the end of the page
to other alternative energy sites; and
2) Minerals as a
Public Problem - which includes a reference list of textbooks and other
helpful publications at the beginning. Included on this page are some
synopses/lecture notes on mineral resources ranging from Iron and Ferroalloys,
Nonferrous Metals, and Industrial Minerals to Precious Metals and Chemical Minerals.
A typical treatment of a geological investigation of a mineral resource (this one involving coal reserves in Utah by the U.S. Geological Survey ) offers some insight into a methodology of exploration techniques and priorities. However, you will be required to download a "Reader" for this list - which will require a few more steps.
Information on mineral resources in Kentucky may be obtained from one of the offices of the Kentucky Geological Survey with many great links for Kentucky geology.
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Latest Revision:
January 7, 2003