History of research in mineral resources / José Eugenio Ortiz [y otros 3] editores.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ortiz, José Eugenio, editor.

Series:

Cuadernos del Museo Geominero. ; 13.

Cuadernos del Museo Geominero ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geology.

Geología.

Mines and mineral resources.

Minas--Recursos minerales.

Local Subjects:

Geología.

Minas--Recursos minerales.

Genre:

Libros electronicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.)

Place of Publication:

Madrid : Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

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)

2. In the field

Notes:

Contiene índice.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 12, 2015).

ISBN:

1-4492-7874-4

OCLC:

923032695