Mineral Deposits
A section of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X).
Section Information
The Mineral Deposits Section focuses on all types of mineral deposits, including metallic deposits and deposits of industrial rocks and minerals. A wide breadth of contributions is welcomed from descriptive to exploration to genetic models at microscopic to deposit to district scales. Contributions are expected to provide significant new information and insight into mineral deposits using standard to novel approaches. In addition, authors are encouraged to submit reviews of a particular deposit, a district, or type of deposit.
Keywords:
- Economic geology;
- Mineral deposits;
- Metallic mineral deposits;
- Industrial rocks and minerals;
- Ore deposits;
- Mineral deposit geology;
- Metallogeny;
- Mineral deposit processes;
- Mineral deposit genesis;
- Mineral exploration;
- Ore minerals;
- Hydrothermal minerals;
- Mineralization
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: "Critical and Strategic Minerals" (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Sulfide Mineralogy and Geochemistry (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Magmatic-Hydrothermal Fe Deposits and Affiliated Critical Metals (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Critical Metals on Land and in the Ocean (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Pegmatites as Hosts of Critical Metals: From Petrogenesis to Mineral Exploration (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Towards Mineral Systems Models for Sediment-Hosted and Other Uranium Deposits (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Novel Aspects of the Metallogeny and Exploration of Gems and Precious Metals (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Geology and Geochemistry of Marine Mineral Resources (Deadline: 15 October 2023)
- Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Mafic-Ultramafic Assemblages and Associated Ore Deposits (Deadline: 15 October 2023)
- Genesis of the Gold Deposits: News from Geology, Fluid Inclusions and Isotopes (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- PGE and Base Metal Process Mineralogy in Geometallurgy (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- New Insights into Porphyry, Epithermal, and Skarn Deposits (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Formation, Mineralogy, Geochemistry of Phosphate Deposits (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- On the Formation and Alteration of Ophiolites and Oceanic Lithospheres (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- New Economy Minerals (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Mineralization in Subduction Zone (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Critical Metal Minerals in Coal (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Geochemistry and Genesis of Hydrothermal Ore Deposits (Deadline: 15 December 2023)
- The Investigation of Polymetallic Nodule Resources in the Deep Ocean: Review and Perspective (Deadline: 22 December 2023)
- Mineralogical and Geochemical Characteristics of Chromitites (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Genesis and Evolution of Pb-Zn-Ag Polymetallic Deposits (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Understanding Hydrothermal Ore Deposits (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Structure and Origin of Gold Mineralization: From Primary to Placer Gold Deposits (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Porphyry Metallogenic System: Genetic Mineralogy and Prospecting Mineralogy (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Microanalysis Applied to Mineral Deposits (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Basic–Ultrabasic and Alkaline Intrusions and Related Magmatic Deposits (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Geology and Characterization of Natural Graphite Deposits and Other Critical Minerals (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Submarine Volcanism, Related Hydrothermal Systems and Mineralizations (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Mineral Resources in North China Craton (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Geostatistics in the Life Cycle of Mines (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Epithermal Deposits: Origin of Fluids, Mineralization and Geochemistry (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Geochemistry and Metallogenesis of REE-Rich Phosphorite Deposits (Deadline: 1 January 2024)
- Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Origin of Uranium and Thorium Mineralization (Deadline: 12 January 2024)
- Geological, Structural, Geochemical, Hyperspectral, and Geostatistical Modeling for Mineral Exploration (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Rare Earth Elements: Occurrence, Exploration, Alternate Resources, Extraction Techniques, Chemical Characterization and Recycling (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Carbonatites and Related Metal Deposits (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- North China Craton: Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Tectonic Evolution (Deadline: 7 February 2024)
- Lode-Type Deposits: Constraints from Geochemistry, Fluid Inclusion, and Isotopic Tracers (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Geochemical and Mineralogical Characteristics of Palaeokarstic Bauxite Deposits (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- A Perspective on Genesis, Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Global Distribution, Global Production and Market Dependent Significance of REE Deposits (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Geomaterials: Compositional, Mineralogical and Textural Features (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Multi-Method (Geo-) Thermochronology and Trace Elements Tracing Magmatism, Mineralization and Tectonic Evolution (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Native Gold as a Specific Indicator Mineral for Gold Deposits, 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Genesis, Geochemistry and Mineralization of Metallic Minerals (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Formation of Gemstones and Geology of Gem Deposits (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Mars: Everything You Need to Know about the Red Planet (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Ag-Pb-Zn Deposits: Geology and Geochemistry (Deadline: 29 April 2024)
- Mineralogical and Lithological Control of Shale Oil and Gas Enrichment (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Metallogenic Regularity and Metallographic Prediction of Strategic Deposits (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Petrography, Sedimentology, and Geochemical Signatures of Fine-Grained Sedimentary Rocks in Deep-Water Environments (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Mineral, Fluid, and Melt Inclusions—Analysis, Interpretation, and Application, Volume II (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
- Using Mineral Chemistry to Characterize Ore-Forming Processes (Deadline: 3 May 2024)
- Marine Mineral Deposits: Exploration and Evaluation (Deadline: 30 May 2024)
- Mineralization Mechanism and Geochemical Characteristics of Coals and Associated Minerals (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Sustainable Exploration and Development of Precious Metal Mineral Resources (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Chemical and Physical Evolution of Magma Reservoirs and Associated Ore Deposits (Deadline: 28 June 2024)
- From Mantle to Market: Platinum Group Elements and Minerals and their Geological Significance (Deadline: 26 July 2024)
- Geology, Geochemistry, Genesis, Modeling, Structure and Exploration of Copper Polymetallic Deposits (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Fluid Inclusion Study of Gold Deposits Endowed in Critical Metals (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Gypsum Crystals: The Importance and the Role of Calcium Sulphate in Past and Modern Environments (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
