Preface; Acknowledgements; About the Book; Contents; About the Authors; Abbreviations/Acronyms; Mineral Resources; 1 Introduction; Abstract; 1.1 Mineral Use and the Human Civilization; 1.2 What is a Mineral Deposit?; 1.3 Minerals in National and Global Economy; 1.4 Nature and Geological Characteristics of Ore Deposits; 1.5 Classification and Models of Mineral Deposits; References; 2 How Do Mineral Deposits Form and Transform? A Systematic Approach; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Essentially Magmatic Processes; 2.2.1 Magmatic Ore Deposits; 2.2.1.1 Orthomagmatic Ore Genetic Processes

Crystallization-DifferentiationLiquid Immiscibility; 2.2.2 Pegmatitic Deposits; 2.2.2.1 General Characteristics of Pegmatites; 2.2.2.2 Classification of Pegmatites; 2.2.2.3 Origin of Pegmatites and Pegmatitic Deposits; 2.3 Hydrothermal Processes of Ore Formation; 2.3.1 Essentially Magmatic Hydrothermal Processes; 2.3.1.1 Ore-Forming Fluids in the Hydrothermal Processes; 2.3.1.2 Granitoids and Metal Deposits; 2.3.1.3 Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold (IOCG) Deposits; 2.3.1.4 Rare Hydrothermal Nickel Deposits; 2.3.2 Essentially Amagmatic Hydrothermal Processes

2.3.2.1 Volcanic-Hosted Massive Sulfide (VHMS) Deposits2.3.2.2 Present-Day Marine Metallogenesis; 2.3.2.3 SEDEX Deposits; 2.3.2.4 Mississippi Valley Type (MVT) Deposits; 2.3.2.5 Sediment-Hosted Stratiform Copper (SSC) Deposits; 2.3.2.6 Metamorphism of Massive Sulfide Deposits; 2.3.2.7 Orogenic Gold Deposits; 2.3.2.8 Unconformity-Related Vein Complexes of Uranium; 2.3.2.9 Sandstone-Hosted Uranium Deposits; 2.4 Sedimentary(-Diagenetic) Processes; 2.4.1 Placer and Paleo-Placer Formation; 2.4.1.1 Quartz Pebble Conglomerate (QPC) Deposits; 2.4.2 Banded Iron Formations and Related Ores

2.4.3 Sedimentary Manganese Deposits2.5 Lateritic and Non-lateritic Residual Processes; 2.5.1 Bauxites; 2.5.2 Lateritic Gold; 2.5.3 Supergene Oxidation and Enrichment (including "Exotic Ores"); References; 3 Metallic Mineral Deposits; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Iron Ores; 3.2.1 General Characteristics; 3.2.1.1 Types of Deposits; 3.2.1.2 Mineralogy and Petrography of the Ores; 3.2.1.3 Distribution in Space; 3.2.1.4 Distribution in Time; 3.2.1.5 Tectonic Settings; 3.2.1.6 Origin of the Iron Ores; 3.2.2 Iron Ore Deposits of India; 3.2.2.1 Iron Ores of South India

3.2.2.2 Iron Ores of Central India3.2.2.3 Iron Ores of Eastern India; 3.3 Manganese Ores; 3.3.1 General Characteristics; 3.3.1.1 Geochemistry and Mineralogy; 3.3.1.2 Types of Manganese Deposits; 3.3.1.3 Distribution of Manganese in Space and Time; 3.3.1.4 Tectonic Settings of Manganese Deposits; 3.3.1.5 Origin of Manganese Deposits; 3.3.1.6 Manganese Nodules and Their Genesis; 3.3.2 Manganese Deposits of India; 3.3.2.1 Dharwar Region; 3.3.2.2 Penganga-Godavari (P-G) Valley; 3.3.2.3 Eastern Ghat Belt; 3.3.2.4 Sausar Belt, Central India