Future resources: Their geostatistical appraisal : papers and proceedings of the Conference on the Geostatistical Appraisal of Future Mineral Resources, West Virginia University

The papers in this volume define the geostatistical appraisal of world mineral resources and the key questions regarding future appraisals over large regions. Central to the discussion are the foundations in geological and statistical theories for the inferences and conceptualizations of potential reserves that characterize the extension of geostatistics to broad resource valuation. CONTENTS: 1) Rapporteur's Report - Conference on the Geostatistical Appraisal of Future Mineral Resources 2) Conference Papers - The Economic Geologist and Exploration for, and Exploitation of, Non-Fuel Mineral Deposits 3) Some Aspects of Mineral Resource Assessment 4) Regional Mineral Appraisal 5) Geophysical, geochemical, and Geological Global Mineral Assessment Techniques of the Future 6) Properties of Mineral Resources and Information Requirements for Assessment 7) Mineral Endowment, Geostatistical Theory, and Methods for Appraisal 8) Economics and Geostatistical Valuation of Future Resources 9) Priorities for Geologic Information System