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.
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
MineNet -- Forum: Acid Mine Drainage – questions folks have asked to MineNet
And - for
some balance
This
site has Resources for Mining
Activists
This is the EPA site on Mining Wastes
This
is the NIOSH site on Mining
Safety and Health Research
EnviroMine - for
environmental impacts of mining and exploration
Just about every mining, exploration, or production
company has a WWWebsite as a public relations tool. Explore as you will!
Clays, Zeolites, Asbestos, Acid-Mine Drainage links may be found on the Univ. of Iowa Environmental Mineralogy page.
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. These notes might serve as a good starting point for your paper on a
mineral resource.
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 Iowa may be obtained from one of the offices of the Iowa Geological Survey .