History of research in mineral resources
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Madrid :
Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
[2011]
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| Colección: | Cuadernos del Museo Geominero. ;
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424961206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- History of research in mineral resources; Legal; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Neolithic and Chalcolithic -VI to III millennia BC- use of cinnabar (HgS) in the Iberian Peninsula: analytical identification and lead isotope data for an early mineral exploitation of the Almadén(Ciudad Real, Spain) mining district; 1. Introduction; 2. Archaeological samples: analytical identification and context; 3. Cinnabar mineral deposits; 4. Isotopic results; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Notes on ancient mining in Otero de Herreros (Segovia, Spain); 1. Introduction
- 2. General aspects of the area: geography and geology3. Natural resources necessary for mining exploitation; 4. Mining operations and human activity in the landscape of Otero de Herreros; 5. Comparison with other similar mines; 6. Proposals for future action; 7. Conclusions; References; Discovery and mining history of the "calamine" in SW Sardinia (Italy); 1. Introduction; 2. The "calamine" mining centres in SW Sardinia; 3. Conclusions; References; Sardinia's historical heritage of mining exploitation; 1. Introduction; 2. The Prehistoric period; 3. The Phoenician-Punic period
- 4. The Roman period5. The Judicial and Pisa period; 6. Aragonese-Spanish period; 7. The Savoy period; 8. The Modern period; References; Mining and minerals trade on the silk road to the ancient literary sources: 2 BC to 10 AD centuries; 1. Introduction; 2. Materials and methods; 3. Trade routes; 4. Mining industry and mineral-manufactured products; 5. Final considerations; Acknowledgements; References; Pakohe - A Rock that sustained early Maori Society in New Zealand; 1. Introduction; 2. Pounamu; 3. Pakohe; 4. Rock to Adzes; 5. Decline of Pakohe; 6. Recognition of the quarries
- AcknowledgementsReferences; The Almadén mercury mining district; 1. Introduction; 2. Local geology; 3. Geology of the mercury deposits; 4. Mercury mining history in relat ion to its applicat ions; 5. The history of the Almadén mine; 6. Almadén mining heritage revitalizat ion; References; Metal mining in Central America (early 1500s-late 1800s); 1. Why metallic deposits in Central America?; 2. Pre-Columbian mining and Columbus arrival; 3. Metal exploration and the Conquest; 4. Mining during the Colony (17th and 18th Centuries); 5. Independence times (19th Century)
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