Economic Geology

Domain	Definitions
Geography	Study and analysis of geologic bodies and materials that can be utilised profitably by man, including fuels, metals, nonmetallic minerals and water; application of geologic knowledge and theory to the search for and understanding of mineral deposit. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	The study and analysis of geologic bodies and materials that can be utilized profitably by humans, including fuels, metals, nonmetallic minerals, and water; the application of geologic knowledge and theory tothe search for and the understanding of mineral deposits. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty Definition: Economic geology

Economic geology is concerned with earth materials that can be utilized for economic and/or industrial purposes. These materials include precious and base metals, nonmetallic minerals, construction-grade stone, petroleum minerals, coal, and water. The term commonly refers to metallic mineral deposits and mineral resources. The techniques employed by other earth science disciplines (such as geochemistry, mineralogy, geophysics, and structural geology) might all be used to understand, describe, and exploit an economic mineral deposit.

The following exerpts and definitions from U.S. Geological Survey Circular 831, Principles of a Resource/Reserve Classification for Minerals (www.ut.blm.gov/NewsReleases/nrjan16USGSCircular831.pdf) provides some insight into the basic concepts of classification of economic mineral resources.

Resource: A concentration of naturally occurring solid, liquid, or gaseous material in or on the Earth's crust in such form and amount that economic extraction of a commodity from the concentration is currently or potentially feasible.

Identified Resource: Resource whose location, grade, quality, and quantity [is] known or estimated from specific geologic evidence.

Reserve Base: That part of an identified resource that meets specified minimum physical and chemical criteria related to current mining and production practices, including those for grade, quality, thickness, and depth.

Reserves: That part of the reserve base which could be economically extracted or produced at the time of determination. The term...need not signify that extraction facilities are in place and operative. Reserves include only recoverable materials...

Economic Resources: This term implies that profitable extraction or production under defined investment assumptions has been established, analytically demonstrated, or assumed with reasonable certainty.

Commercial Usage: Economic Geology

Domain	Title
Books	An Introduction to Economic Geology and Its Environmental Impact (reference) Economic Geology and Geotectonics (reference) Economic Geology, U.S./Book With Maps (The Geology of North America, Vol P-2) (reference) Exploration of Mineral Deposits (Developments in Economic Geology, Vol 31) (reference) Fluid-Mineral Equilibria in Hydrothermal Systems (Reviews in Economic Geology, Vol 1) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Economic Geology (reference) (more periodical examples)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Economic Geology

Modern Translations: Economic Geology

Language		Translations for "economic geology"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		økonomisk geologi. (various references)

Dutch		economische geologie. (various references)

Finnish		malmigeologia. (various references)

French		géologie économique. (various references)

German		wirschaftliche Geologie. (various references)

Greek		οικονομική γεωλογία. (various references)

Italian		geologia economica. (various references)

Pig Latin		economicay eologygay.(various references)

Portuguese		geologia económica. (various references)

Swedish		ekonomisk geologi. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Economic Geology

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