New York: W. H. Freeman and Company, Date: 1986. First Edition (?);. Hardcover. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. This text is an industry-standard handbook. It does a great job explaining various emplacement models and uses real-life examples. Any student planning a career in mining should be familiar with its content. Guilbert & Park's textbook on ore deposits is one of the best introductory books on the subject and a classic! Modern civilization's dependence upon an increasing volume and diversity of minerals makes the search for new ore deposits ever more difficult. Now available from Waveland Press, Guilbert & Park's text presents ideas, principles, and data fundamental for beginning economic geologists to understand the genesis and localization of ore deposits and of the minerals associated with them. The authors comprehensively describe the physical and chemical characteristics of ore deposits, and correlate them with environments and conditions of deposition since ore deposits are best interpreted as extensions of the environments responsible for their enclosing rocks. Examples and illustrations emphasize structural, chemical, and temporal controls and encourage the three-dimensional thinking used by productive explorationists as they face unsolved problems. This upper-level undergraduate text is fully illustrated and meticulously indexed. Its reliable, authoritative coverage assumes an upper-level command of chemistry and physics, as well as mineralogy, petrology, ...

ISBN10: 0716714566, ISBN13: 9780716714569, [publisher: W H Freeman and Co] Hardcover 1986. W H Freeman and Co. Hardback. GOOD No DJ. Previous owners name. 9.5x7.
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W H Freeman & Co 1986 Hardback 1986. W H Freeman & Co. Hardback. GOOD No DJ. Previous owners name. 9.5x7.