Online Course Updated: Exploration and Mining Geology 1 - The Geologic Baseline

Exploration and Mining Geology 1 - The Geologic Baseline, by William C. Peters, is the first in a suite of five courses that provide a balanced and comprehensive treatment of the geological, geochemical, geophysical, and economic elements of exploration and mining. Topics covered in this course include Historical Perspective, Mineral Deposits in the Subsurface Environment, Mineral Deposits in the Zone of Weathering, Metallogenic Processes and Provinces, The Engineering Factors, and Approaches to Mining.

The updated course includes numerous case histories, reference tables and author references and has been extensively integrated with the Dictionary of Mining, Mineral and Related Terms for terminology reference purposes. For more information, see the Course Introduction page.