Washington Paper - Origin and Classification of Ore-Deposits
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 34
- File Size:
- 1301 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1901
Abstract
Prefatory,........323 Foundation of classificatory schemes in general..325 Past opinion on the classification of ore-bodies,.326 Nature of ore-deposits,....... 326 Definition........326 Fundamental law of origin.... 327 Significance of ore-bodies,.... 327 Date of origin........328 Original source of ores..... 328 Alteration of ore-bodies,....329 General methods of ore-formation.... 330 Ascension verm lateral secretion... 330 Replacement.......330 General factors in classification....332 Genesis in ore-classification....332 Literature of ore-deposits...... . 333 Criteria of ore-classification,..... 335 Primary grouping of ore-deposits..... 338 Hypotaxic deposits......341 Eutaxic deposits...... 341 Ataxic deposits....... 313 Secondary categories of ore-bodies....343 Ternary phases of ore-deposition.....344 Types of hypotaxic or surface deposits..... 344 Illustrations of eutaxic ore-bodies.... 347 Examples of ataxic ore-bodies.....352 Recapitulation.. .. .. .. 355 Prefatory. Much has been written on the genesis and classification of ore-deposits. Much remains yet to be written on the subject
Citation
APA: (1901) Washington Paper - Origin and Classification of Ore-Deposits
MLA: Washington Paper - Origin and Classification of Ore-Deposits. The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1901.