Mineral Deposits
A section of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X).
Section Information
The Mineral Deposits Section focuses on all types of mineral deposits, including metallic deposits and deposits of industrial rocks and minerals. A wide breadth of contributions is welcomed from descriptive to exploration to genetic models at microscopic to deposit to district scales. Contributions are expected to provide significant new information and insight into mineral deposits using standard to novel approaches. In addition, authors are encouraged to submit reviews of a particular deposit, a district, or type of deposit.
Keywords:
- Economic geology;
- Mineral deposits;
- Metallic mineral deposits;
- Industrial rocks and minerals;
- Ore deposits;
- Mineral deposit geology;
- Metallogeny;
- Mineral deposit processes;
- Mineral deposit genesis;
- Mineral exploration;
- Ore minerals;
- Hydrothermal minerals;
- Mineralization
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Stratabound Barite Deposits: Mineralogy, Isotope Geochemistry and Geochronology (Deadline: 26 April 2024)
- Mineralogical and Lithological Control of Shale Oil and Gas Enrichment (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Metallogenic Regularity and Metallographic Prediction of Strategic Deposits (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Petrography, Sedimentology, and Geochemical Signatures of Fine-Grained Sedimentary Rocks in Deep-Water Environments (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Mineral, Fluid, and Melt Inclusions—Analysis, Interpretation, and Application, Volume II (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Using Mineral Chemistry to Characterize Ore-Forming Processes (Deadline: 3 May 2024)
- Characterization of Flysch Formations: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Deadline: 5 May 2024)
- Siliciclastic Sandstone Diagenesis: Are Existing Models Correct? (Deadline: 24 May 2024)
- Multi-Method (Geo-) Thermochronology and Trace Elements Tracing Magmatism, Mineralization and Tectonic Evolution (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Mineralization Mechanism and Geochemical Characteristics of Coals and Associated Minerals (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Submarine Volcanism, Related Hydrothermal Systems and Mineralizations (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Footprints of Mineral Systems with IOCG, IOA and Affiliated Critical Metal Deposits: From Metasomatism to Metamorphism (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Sustainable Exploration and Development of Precious Metal Mineral Resources (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- New Discovery and Exploration Methods of Porphyry and Epithermal Mineral Deposits (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Geology and Geochemistry of Marine Mineral Resources (Deadline: 15 June 2024)
- Iron-Oxide-Apatite Deposits and Fe Skarn Deposits: Genesis, Similarities, and Differences (Deadline: 28 June 2024)
- Chemical and Physical Evolution of Magma Reservoirs and Associated Ore Deposits (Deadline: 28 June 2024)
- Geochemistry and Genesis of Hydrothermal Ore Deposits (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Rare-Metal Granites (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Geochronological and Geochemical Characterization of Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Geochemistry and Metallogenesis of REE-Rich Phosphorite Deposits (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Exploration, Geometallurgy and Geoenvironmental Assessment of Economic Deposits (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- From Mantle to Market: Platinum Group Elements and Minerals and Their Geological Significance (Deadline: 26 July 2024)
- Rare Metal and Related Deposits: Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralization (Deadline: 30 July 2024)
- Ag-Pb-Zn Deposits: Geology and Geochemistry (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Understanding Hydrothermal Ore Deposits (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Geology, Geochemistry, Genesis, Modeling, Structure and Exploration of Copper Polymetallic Deposits (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Igneous Rocks and Related Mineral Deposits (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Structure and Origin of Gold Mineralization: From Primary to Placer Gold Deposits (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Petrogenesis of Large Igneous Province and Carbonatite-Related Rare Earth Element Deposits (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Fluid Inclusion Study of Gold Deposits Endowed in Critical Metals (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Genesis and Evolution of Pb-Zn-Ag Polymetallic Deposits: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 August 2024)
- Metallogenesis of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- The Formation and Evolution of Gold Deposits in China (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Sulfide Mineralogy and Geochemistry (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Gypsum Crystals: The Importance and the Role of Calcium Sulphate in Past and Modern Environments (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Polymetallic Ore Deposits (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Mineralization and Geochemistry of VMS Deposits (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Genesis, Geochemistry and Mineralization of Metallic Minerals (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Gem Deposits: Mineralogical and Gemological Aspects, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Genesis and Metallogeny of Non-ferrous and Precious Metal Deposits, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 October 2024)
- Genesis, Age and Mineralization of Emeralds and Related Gems (Deadline: 30 October 2024)
- The Role of Hydrocarbons in the Genesis of Mineral Deposits (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Native Gold as a Specific Indicator Mineral for Gold Deposits, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Role of Granitic Magmas in Porphyry, Epithermal, and Skarn Deposits (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Zn-Pb Ore Deposits: Insights into Their Genesis, Implications for Exploration, and Environmental Issues (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Mineral Resources in North China Craton (Deadline: 31 December 2024)