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GL2030/3034, GL3035 Ore Deposits A & B

Web databases that help with mineral identification and tell you what obscure minerals are:

• Barthelmy's Mineralogy database - stupendous! *
• Rob Ixers Virtual Atlas of Opaque and Ore Minerals - awesome! *
• ATHENA MINERALOGY Database - includes search by elements (good for microprobe results) *

Addresses of mines and mining companies - please provide me with updates.

• Anglesey Mining: www.angleseymining.co.uk. Parys Mountain copper and Dolaucothi gold*
• Anglo American: www.angloamerican.co.uk. Parent company of Anglo Gold, also own Lisheen, Ireland*
• AngloGold: www.anglogold.com. The world's largest gold producer *
• Anatolia Minerals: www.anatolia-minerals.com. Hold lots of Turkish deposits *
• Antofagasta: www.antofagasta.co.uk. Chilean copper producer *
• Arcon: www.arcon.ie. Own Galmoy mine in Ireland *
• Avocet Mining: www.avocet.co.uk. Gold in Malaysia and tungsten at Panasqueira *
• Barrick: www.barrick.com. Gold mining company, recently took over Homestake *
• BHPBilliton: www.bhpbilliton.com. Newly-merged, one of the world's major resource groups *
• Boliden: www.boliden.ca. Swedish based exploration, mining and smelting company *
• Bryson Burke Diamond Corp: brysonburke.com. Absolutely mad site about diamonds! *
• Cambridge Mineral Resources: www.cambmin.co.uk. Interests in Irish gemstones, Spain and the Falklands *
• Climax molybdenum: www.climaxmolybdenum.com. World famous molybdenum porphyry *
• Conroy Diamonds and Gold: www.conroydiamondsandgold.com/. Gold in Ireland and diamonds in Finland *
• CODELCO: www.codelco.com. Chilean copper, including Chuquicamata *
• Collahuasi: www.collahuasi.cl. Ines de Collahuasi - big porphyry copper in Chile *
• De Beers Canada: www.debeerscanada.com. Diamonds in Canada *
• ECL Exploration consultants: www.ecqc.com. Worldwide group of exploration consultants *
• Eurasia Mining: www.eurasia-mining.plc.uk. Mainly concerned with PGMs and the Urals *
• European Diamonds Plc: www.europeandiamondsplc.com. Diamond exploration in Finland *
• Falconbridge: www.falconbridge.com. Including Sudbury, Kidd Creek and Collahuasi *
• Glebe Mines: www.glebemines.com. Our nearest mine in Derbyshire *
• Gold Fields: www.gold-fields.com. Tarkwa mine and S. African fields, but exploring elsewhere *
• Gold Mines of Sardinia: www.gmslimited.co.uk. Exciting discoveries in Sardinia *
• Hammersley Iron: www.hamersleyiron.com. Huge iron mine in Australia *
• Inco: www.inco.com. The big nickel! *
• Infomine: www.infomine.com. Lots of mining related information *
• Inmet: www.inmet-mining.com. Part interest in Ok Tedi *
• Ivanhoe Mines: www.ivanhoe-mines.com. Mineralisation in Mongolia, a recent graduate is employed by them *
• Kennecott: www.kennecott.com. Run Bingham Canyon, possibly the richest hole on Earth *
• Lonmin Plc: www.lonmin.com. The world's third largest primary producer of platinum group metals *
• Mano River Resources Inc: www.manoriver.com. Gold and diamonds in West Africa *
• Mayasa: www.mayasa.es. Minas de Almaden y Arrayanes, S.A. - world's biggest mercury deposit *
• Minera Escondida: www.escondida.cl. Another huge porphyry copper in Chile *
• Newmont: www.newmont.com. The world's biggest gold producer *
• Noranda: www.noranda.com. One of the world's largest producers of zinc and nickel.*
• Outokompu: www.outokumpu.com. Own Tara Mines at Nava, Ireland.*
• Placer Dome: www.placerdome.com. Very big gold corporation. *
• Phelps Dodge: www.phelpsdodge.com. Own lots of molybdenum and copper porphyries. *
• Randgold Resources: www.randgoldresources.com. With AngloGold owns Morila - 46.9 million tons at a grade of 3.93 g/t Au. *
• Rio Tinto: www.riotinto.com. A world leader in finding, mining and processing the earth's mineral resources. *
• SRK Consultants: www.srk.co.uk. A worldwide group of mining exploration consultants. *
• Teck Cominco: www.teckcominco.com. With Homestake own Williams Mine - the largest gold mine in Canada. Excellent powerpoint presentation on Hemlo camp. *

• Institution of Materials, Minerals and Mining *
• Mining Journal *
• Society of Economic Geologists *
• Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration *
• Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada *

• London Metal Exchange * Prices from Metalprices.com
• Gold Eagle * Gold and Silver Prices
• The World Metals Information Network * Lots of information about metals
• Platinum Today prices * Johnson Matthey Base prices for PGM
• World Gold Council * Everything about gold you could want to know!
• Kitco * Lots of metal price information

• Horizon on synthetic diamonds *
• Horizon again on synthetic diamonds! *
• The Gemnological Institute of America all about gemstones *
• Horizon on black smokers (VMS lecture) *
• Voyage to the Deep: Delaware College of Marine Studies gives some background on black smokers *
• More on venting at the NOAA Vents Program *
• Ocean Drilling Program - some legs have drilled into smokers, see especially Leg 193 to the Manus Basin drilling into vents associated with acid volcanism *
• Our Infrared World - some nice geyser videos*
• PSIgate Physical Sciences Information highway - some useful geoscience links*
• Gesource Links to many geoscience websites*
• GEODE GEOdynamics and Ore Deposit Evolution, including LODE - large ore deposits in Europe*
• MineralsUK A BGS database of minerals related information*