Knowledge / Mining & Geoscience
Mining & Geoscience
A technical library on mining and geosciences, written for GeaSpirit: each concept states what it is, what data it needs, what commonly falsifies it, and what GeaSpirit can and cannot conclude from it.
Ten areas, one taxonomy. An area is listed as soon as its scope is decided, and stays empty until an article exists — an outline is more honest than a thin summary.
Exploration & Geology 14 publishedHow a mineral project comes into existence: anomaly, occurrence, mapping, sampling, geophysics, drilling — and the deposit models that make sense of it.Drilling & Sampling 7 publishedRotary, RC and diamond drilling; collar, survey, azimuth and dip; core recovery and RQD; intervals, representativity and QA/QC.Geological Modelling 6 publishedFrom records to a quantitative model that survives scrutiny: domains, interpolation, block models and their limits.Resource Estimation 6 publishedVolume, density, tonnage, grade, contained metal and cut-off — and why classification belongs to a reporting code, not to software.Mining Engineering 7 publishedOpen pit and underground: concepts, sequence, ground behaviour and risk. Concepts and evidence only, never operating procedure.Mine Waste & Tailings 5 publishedPonds, heaps and historical residues: characterisation, stability, acid drainage, and residue as a secondary resource.Critical Raw Materials 7 publishedOfficial criticality lists and how current they are, why criticality is not value, and how these materials are actually separated.Environmental & Hydrogeology 7 publishedAquifers, piezometry, permeability and dewatering; water quality; environmental liabilities and restoration.GIS, Data & Remote Sensing 8 publishedReference systems and projections; positional accuracy; multispectral, hyperspectral and radar — and what cannot be seen from orbit.GeaSpirit Methods 5 publishedHow GeaSpirit reasons: Evidence Level, claim-level provenance, fail-closed defaults, the Score and its limits, and Next Best Action.