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

Leaching with Cyanide

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

Welcome to MEND2000

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

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