Mineral Deposits
A section of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X).
Section Information
The Mineral Deposits Section focuses on all types of mineral deposits, including metallic and nonmetallic deposits (industrial minerals, rocks, and materials). A wide breadth of contributions are welcomed, from descriptive to genetic models, at scales ranging from microscopic to district-level and larger. Contributions are expected to provide significant new information and insights into mineral deposits using both standard and novel approaches. In addition, authors are encouraged to submit reviews regarding a particular mineral deposit, a district, a type of mineral deposit or a global set of deposits.
Keywords:
- Economic geology;
- Mineral deposits;
- Metallic mineral deposits;
- Ore deposits;
- Nonmetallic mineral deposits;
- Mineralogy of hydrocarbon deposits;
- Gem deposits;
- Industrial minerals, rocks and materials;
- Mineral deposits geology;
- Mineral deposits geochemistry;
- Metallogeny;
- Mineral deposits processes;
- Mineral deposits genesis;
- Mineralogy of deposit host and associated rocks;
- Metallic and nonmetallic ore and gangue minerals;
- Alteration minerals;
- Hydrothermal minerals;
- Mineralization.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- The Role of Hydrocarbons in the Genesis of Mineral Deposits (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Igneous Rocks and Related Mineral Deposits (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Geochemistry and Metallogenesis of REE-Rich Phosphorite Deposits (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Polymetallic Ore Deposits (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Exploration, Geometallurgy and Geoenvironmental Assessment of Economic Deposits (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Mars: Everything You Need to Know about the Red Planet (Deadline: 23 May 2025)
- Genesis and Metallogeny of Non-ferrous and Precious Metal Deposits, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 May 2025)
- Gypsum Crystals: The Importance and the Role of Calcium Sulphate in Past and Modern Environments (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Critical Metal Minerals, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- New Discovery and Exploration Methods of Porphyry and Epithermal Mineral Deposits (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Stratabound Barite Deposits: Mineralogy, Isotope Geochemistry and Geochronology (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Advances in Uranium Metallogenic Theory, Exploration and Exploitation (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: "Critical and Strategic Minerals", 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Native Gold as a Specific Indicator Mineral for Gold Deposits, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 20 June 2025)
- Trace Elements in Bauxite Deposits: Critical Georesource and Significant Indicators of Paleoenvironmental Conditions (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Fluid Inclusion Study of Gold Deposits Endowed in Critical Metals (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Mineralogy of Porphyry Systems: Genesis, Exploration, and Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Genesis, Age and Mineralization of Emeralds and Related Gems (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Mineralization and Geochemistry of VMS Deposits (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Zn-Pb Ore Deposits: Insights into Their Genesis, Implications for Exploration, and Environmental Issues (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Metallogenic Regularity and Metallographic Prediction of Strategic Deposits (Deadline: 4 July 2025)
- Role of Granitic Magmas in Porphyry, Epithermal, and Skarn Deposits (Deadline: 25 July 2025)
- Geology, Geochemistry, Genesis, Modeling, Structure and Exploration of Copper Polymetallic Deposits (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Rare Earth Elements in Uranium Minerals: Implications for Mineralization (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Geochronology, Mineralogy, and Genesis of Orogenic Gold Deposit: Implications for Gold Prospecting (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Thermal History and Preservation Mechanisms of Porphyry-Cu Deposits: Evidence from Thermochronology, Mineral and Isotopic Geochemistry (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Petrogenesis of Large Igneous Province and Rare Earth–Rare Metal Deposits (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Using Mineral Chemistry to Characterize Ore-Forming Processes (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Mineralization Mechanism and Geochemical Characteristics of Coals and Associated Minerals (Deadline: 5 September 2025)
- Genesis and Evolution of Pb-Zn-Ag Polymetallic Deposits: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Recent Developments in Rare Metal Mineral Deposits (Deadline: 17 October 2025)
- Ore Deposits Related to Metamorphism (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Formation Study of Gem Deposits (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Mineralization and Metallogeny of Iron Deposits (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Geochronology of W-Sn Polymetallic Deposits, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Critical Mineral Exploration: Innovations, Challenges and Future Directions (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Geochemistry, Petrogenesis and Exploration of Li-Rich Granite-Pegmatite Systems (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Sulfide Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 December 2025)
- Structure and Origin of Gold Mineralization: From Primary to Placer Gold Deposits (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Polymetallic Deep-Sea Deposits (Deadline: 30 January 2026)
- Gem Deposits Through Geological Time: Exploration and Formation Processes (Deadline: 30 January 2026)
