Abstract: Electron microprobe study of lapis lazuli to determine provenance

Sofya Pesternikova, Alexandra Arnott

Atlantic Geology

... The illegal mining of lapis lazuli, a bright blue semiprecious mineral aggregate, in Afghanistan is fuelling conflict in the region, with half...

ABSTRACT: Forging New Relationships with Private Industry, by Roger Lee Bon; #91002 (1990).

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Ground Water in Southwestern Region: ABSTRACT

Charles V. Theis

AAPG Bulletin

... the Pecos in the Delaware Basin. The Staked Plains contains probably the largest area of ground-water mining, and one of the largest groundwater reservoirs...

Abstract: Geologic Structures That Affect Coal-Mine Roof Stability, by F. E. Chase; #91005 (1991).

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Abstract: The Effect of Surface Topography on the Stability of Coal Mine Openings, by G. M. Molinda; #91005 (1991).

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Athabasca Oil-Sand Evaluation Using Computer and Data-Processing Methods: ABSTRACT

Richard W. Fetzner

AAPG Bulletin

...-sand mining operation in northeastern Alberta is being conducted by Great Canadian Oil Sands, Ltd. The sandstones contain as much as 18 per cent...

Impact of Salt on Man's Environment: ABSTRACT

Joseph D. Martinez

AAPG Bulletin

... of an unmanageable quantity of common salt. Both solution mining and dry mining of salt can result in land subsidence and thus create an environmental liability...

Expanded Need for Mineral Economics in Exploration for Metals: ABSTRACT

Maximilian M. Bergendahl, Amax

AAPG Bulletin

... are challenging the traditional conservative approach to exploration by mining companies. A new philosophy introduced primarily by oil companies tends to increase...

Abstract: Southwest Virginia Underground Coal Mine Map Database and Base Maps: Synopsis of an Ongoing Coalfield Project, by R. S. Sites and K. K. Hostettler; #90995 (1993).

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Abstract: The Virginia Gas and Oil Act of 1990: A Regulatory Perspective, by B. R. Wilson; #90995 (1993).

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Industry's Expectations as to National Minerals and Mining Policy: ABSTRACT

J. E. Heston, R. E. Sampson

AAPG Bulletin

...Industry's Expectations as to National Minerals and Mining Policy: ABSTRACT J. E. Heston, R. E. Sampson 1972 626 626 56 3. (March) The recognition...

Abstract: Looking Back to Find the Future, by M. F. Ayler; #90994 (1993).

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Resource and Land Information Applied to Potential Coal Development in Gillette Area, Wyoming: ABSTRACT

W. F. Keefer, Richard F. Hadley

AAPG Bulletin

... ownership; (2) location and extent of coal resources; (3) surface and ground water resources; and (4) potential environmental impacts of surface mining...

Subsurface Disposal of Fluid Wastes in Saskatchewan: ABSTRACT

F. Simpson

AAPG Bulletin

... of oilfield brines, had been injected into subsurface aquifers in Saskatchewan: (1) waste brines (63,440,000 bbl), resulting from shaft and solution mining...

Coal in Alaska: ABSTRACT

A. A. Wanek

AAPG Bulletin

..., inaccessibility, and high costs of exploration and production. Probably only strip mining can be competitive with other energy sources. Future planning...

ABSTRACT: Redox Conditions in Overburden at Gibbons Creek Lignite Mine, Texas, by Jan K. Horbaczewski; #91020 (1995).

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High-Resolution Seismic Methods in Coal Exploration: ABSTRACT

Thomas E. Daly

AAPG Bulletin

... with great success in the exploration for oil and gas for over 40 years. Recently, "oil-country seismics" have been adapted to the coal mining industry...

Microscopic Distribution of Uranium in Oakville Sandstone, South Texas: ABSTRACT

Edward C. Jonas, Omer I. Ece

AAPG Bulletin

... contains the uranium and how that mineral is distributed within the ore. However, solution mining techniques depend for their success on bringing...

Sedimentology, Petrology, and Geotechnical Properties of Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta: ABSTRACT

Grant D. Mossop, Maurice B. Dusseault

AAPG Bulletin

... the outcrop and from many subsurface cores, has direct and immediate implication for surface mining and in-situ reservoir engineering. Most of the Athabasca...

Coal Development in Powder River Basin of Wyoming: ABSTRACT

Gary B. Glass

AAPG Bulletin

... is believed strippable, another 22.6 billion tons is probably recoverable by underground End_Page 827------------------------------ mining. In 1977...

Powder River Basin Uranium Deposits; History and Production: ABSTRACT

W. D. Hausel

AAPG Bulletin

... and continued until 1965. Most of this early production came from mining operations concentrated along high-grade (as high as 15% uranium and nearly 3...

New Exploration and Evaluation of Coal Resources in Complexly Faulted Area Containing Old Petroleum Production: ABSTRACT

Curtis H. Ault, Donald D. Carr

AAPG Bulletin

...); and (4) correlating for he first time several lithologic units in rocks of Pennsylvanian age. Through study of modern mining techniques in an area...

Geology of Syncrude Canada Limited Mine Site, Athabasca Oil Sand Area: ABSTRACT

P.S. Lulman, G. D. Lobb, W. E. Flewitt

AAPG Bulletin

...) The Athabasca oil sand deposit covers 4.4 × 106 ha., of which 0.2 × 106 ha. are amenable to surface mining. In-place reserves of crude bitumen...

Drills as Tool for Studying Mineral Deposits and Hydrothermal Systems: ABSTRACT

Brian J. Skinner

AAPG Bulletin

... of mining, many different kinds of mineral deposits have been found and much has been learned about their formative processes. In no example can we explain...

Coal Resource Studies in Virginia: ABSTRACT

James A. Henderson, Jr.

AAPG Bulletin

... the Southwest field. Coal production in 1978 was 32,004,341 short tons of which 31% was by surface mining methods. The Division of Mineral Resources...