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:
- 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)
- Using Mineral Chemistry to Characterize Ore-Forming Processes (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Petrogenesis of Large Igneous Province and Rare Earth–Rare Metal Deposits (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)
- Formation Study of Gem Deposits (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Ore Deposits Related to Metamorphism (Deadline: 30 October 2025)
- Petrological, Geochemical and Geodynamic Study of Ophiolites and Modern Oceanic Lithosphere (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- New Discovery and Exploration Methods of Porphyry and Epithermal Mineral Deposits (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Mineralization and Metallogeny of Iron Deposits (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Igneous Rocks and Related Mineral Deposits (Deadline: 21 November 2025)
- Mineralization and Geochemistry of VMS Deposits (Deadline: 22 November 2025)
- Mineralogy of Porphyry Systems: Genesis, Exploration, and Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Geochronology of W-Sn Polymetallic Deposits, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Polymetallic Ore Deposits (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Critical Mineral Exploration: Innovations, Challenges and Future Directions (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Submarine Volcanism, Related Hydrothermal Systems and Mineralizations (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)
- Reservoir and Geochemistry Characteristics of Black Shale, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Critical Metal Minerals, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 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)
- Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Zn-Pb Ore Deposits: Insights into Their Genesis, Implications for Exploration, and Environmental Issues (Deadline: 31 January 2026)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: "Critical and Strategic Minerals", 2nd Edition (Deadline: 28 February 2026)
- Gold–Polymetallic Deposits in Convergent Margins (Deadline: 1 March 2026)
- Thermal History and Preservation Mechanisms of Porphyry-Cu Deposits: Evidence from Thermochronology, Mineral and Isotopic Geochemistry (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
- Geology, Exploration and Mining of Deep-Sea Mineral Resources (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
- Genesis and Metallogeny of Non-Ferrous and Precious Metal Deposits, 3rd Edition (Deadline: 10 April 2026)
