GOLD MINING: FORMATION AND RESOURCE ESTIMATION, ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- UNDERSTANDING FORMATION MECHANISMS OF GOLD DEPOSITS BY MEANS OF COMPUTATIONAL GEOSCIENCE METHODOLOGY -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CONTROLLING PROCESSES ASSOCIATED WITH ORE BODY FORMATION AND MINERALIZATION WITHIN THE UPPER CRUST OF THE EARTH -- 3. UNDERSTANDING SOME TYPICAL KINDS OF DYNAMIC MECHANISMS OF ORE BODY FORMATION AND MINERALIZATION USING THE COMPUTATIONAL GEOSCIENCE METHODOLOGY -- 3.1. General Patterns of Ore Body Formation and Mineralization Associated with Convective Pore-fluid Flow within Hydrothermal Systems -- 3.2. General Patterns of Gold Mineralization Associated with Convective Pore-fluid Flow within Layered Hydrothermal Systems -- 3.3. General Patterns of Ore Body Formation and Mineralization Associated with Focusing and Mixing of Pore-fluids within Two-dimensional Geological Fault Zones -- 4. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- AN OUTLOOK OF GIS APPLICATIONS IN MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATION -- ABSTRACT -- NTRODUCTION -- A CASE STUDY OF GIS APPLICATION IN GOLD MINING -- Data Collection -- Geology of Nome Area -- Glaciations -- Economic Geology -- Geodatabase Development -- Nome Offshore Gold Resource Analysis -- Information Query -- Data Visualization -- Sediment Data Analysis -- Gold Distribution with Sediment Type -- Spatial Gold Distribution -- Resource Estimation -- Geostatistical Analysis -- Data Characterization -- Outliers -- Interpolation Approaches -- Interpolations Assessment -- Comparison of Ore Tonnage -- Web-Based GIS -- Software -- Web Server -- Clients Viewers -- ArcIMS Manager -- Website of Nome Offshore Mineral Resource Management and Utilization -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Articles in Journals -- Books -- Edited Books -- Reports and Theses.

Conference Symposiums -- Electronic Media -- THE INFLUENCE OF GOLD MINING INDUSTRY ON THE POLLUTION OF ROŞIA MONTANĂ DISTRICT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION -- Topography -- Climate -- Geology -- Hydrogeology and Hydrology -- HISTORY OF MINING IN ROSIA MONTANA AREA -- RESULTS AND DISCUSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCE -- ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF GOLD MINING PROJECTS: FROM STATIC DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW TO REAL OPTIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Conventional Evaluation Techniques -- Real Options Valuation -- VALUING A GOLD MINING PROJECT -- FINANCIAL ANALYSIS USING THE STATIC NPV TECHNIQUE -- FINANCIAL ANALYSIS USING ROV -- ANALYSIS OF RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- GOLD MINING IN GHANA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FORMS OF GOLD OCCURRENCE -- MINING AND PROCESSING METHODS -- GEOLOGICAL SETTING OF AURIFEROUS AREAS -- THE BIRIMIAN -- THE TARKWAIAN -- ARTISANAL MINING -- ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES OF MINING IN GHANA -- LAND DEGRADATION -- DEPLETION OF WATER BODIES -- POLLUTION OF WATER BODIES -- ACID MINE DRAINAGE -- TRACE METAL POLLUTION -- CONTAMINATION FROM CHEMICAL AGENTS USED IN GOLD RECOVERY -- CYANIDE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND HEALTH RISK OF GOLD MINING IN GHANA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- SURFACE MINING -- UNDERGROUND MINING -- SMALL SCALE MINING -- REGULATORY ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES -- GOLD BOOM IN GHANA -- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF MINING -- Air -- Vegetation and Forest Degradation -- Surface Water -- Soils and Foodcrops -- HUMAN HEALTH -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE BETAM GOLD DEPOSIT, SOUTH EASTERN DESERT, EGYPT: MASS-VOLUME-MINERALOGICAL CHANGES AND STABLE ISOTOPE SYSTEMATICS* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- GEOLOGIC AND STRUCTURAL SETTING -- GOLD MINERALIZATION -- HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION.

The Distal Chlorite-Calcite Zone (Chlorite+Calcite±Biotite±Pyrite±Sericite±Epidote) -- The Intermediate Sericite-Chlorite Zone (Sericite+Chlorite+Pyrite±Biotite) -- The Proximal Pyrite-Sericite Zone (Quartz+Pyrite+Sericite±Albite) -- GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE ALTERED WALLROCKS -- Elemental Changes Associated with Different Types of Alteration -- Alteration Diagrams -- Whole Rock δ18O Values -- δ34S Values of Sulfides -- Alteration Model -- DISCUSSION -- Mineralization Type and Hydrothermal Alteration Characteristics -- Stable Isotope Systematics -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- EVOLVING ECONOMIC MARGINALITY AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESPONSES IN SELECTED SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD AND COAL MINING AREAS* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DE-INDUSTRIALISATION, JOB LOSS AND LOCAL RESPONSE -- RECENT TRENDS IN SOUTH AFRICA'S GOLD AND COAL INDUSTRY -- LOCAL RESPONSE TO ECONOMIC CRISES -- The Response of Welkom in the Free State Goldfields -- The Response of the Local Authority -- Other Initiatives -- Summary -- The Response of Utrecht in the KwaZulu-Natal Coalfields -- The Initial Local Government Response -- The Game Reserve -- Arts and Crafts Association -- The Game Farm -- Summary -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PHYTOCHELATINS IN WILD PLANTS FROM GUANAJUATO CITY - AN IMPORTANT SILVER AND GOLD MINING CENTER IN MEXICO* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN -- CAPABILITY OF THE WILD PLANTS CHRONICALLY EXPOSED TO LOW OR MODERATE CONCENTRATIONS OF METALS IN SOIL FOR THE INDUCTION OF PHYTOCHELATINS -- SPECIFIC ROLE OF METALS IN THE PRODUCTION OF PHYTOCHELATINS IN PLANTS, NATURALLY EXPOSED TO A WIDE RANGE OF ELEMENTS -- SOIL PARAMETERS IN RELATION TO THE INDUCTION OF PCS IN WILD PLANTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.