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Aitchison, Leslie. A history of metals. New
York, Interscience Publishers, 1960. 2 v. (647 p.) Brookins, Douglas G. Mineral and energy resources:
occurrence, exploitation, and environmental impact. Columbus,
Merrill Pub. Co., c1990. 389 p. Kesler, Stephen E. Mineral resources, economics,
and the environment. New York, Macmillan; Toronto, Maxwell Macmillan
Canada; New York, Maxwell Macmillan International, c1994. 391 p. Wolfe, John A. Mineral resources: a world review.
New York, Chapman & Hall, 1984. 293 p.
Subject headings used by the Library of Congress, under which books on mines, mining, and mineral resources can be located in most card, book, and online catalogs, include the following:
Barnes, J. W. Ores and minerals: introducing economic
geology. Milton Keynes, Eng., Philadelphia, Open University
Press, 1988. 181 p. Dennen, William H. Mineral resources: geology,
exploration, and development. New York, Taylor & Francis,
1989. 255 p. Hartman, Howard L. Introductory mining engineering.
New York, Wiley, c1987. 633 p. Metals & minerals annual review. 1990-
London, Mining Journal. annual. Mining annual review. 1964- London, Mining
Journal. annual. Peters, William C. Exploration and mining geology.
2nd ed. New York, J. Wiley, c1987. 685 p. Subsurface geology: petroleum, mining, construction.
5th ed. Edited by L. W. LeRoy and others. Golden, Colo., Colorado
School of Mines, 1987. 1002 p. Surface mining. Editor, Bruce A. Kennedy. 2nd
ed. Littleton, Colo., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration,
1990. 1194 p.
Bates, Robert Latimer. Geology of the industrial
rocks and minerals. New York, Dover Publications, 1969. 459
p. Forbes, Robert James. Metallurgy in antiquity;
a notebook for archaeologists and technologists. Leiden, E.
J. Brill, 1950. 489 p. Francaviglia, Richard V. Hard places: reading the
landscape of America's historic mining districts. Iowa City,
University of Iowa Press, 1991. 237 p. Industrial minerals and rocks. Senior editor,
Donald D. Carr. 6th ed. Littleton, Colo., Society for Mining, Metallurgy,
and Exploration, 1994. 1196 p. Opportunities for a career in mining & metallurgy.
Mineral Information Institute, Inc., editor. 2nd ed. Larkspur, Calif.,
Mining and Metallurgical Society of America, c1992. 304 p. Ore deposits of the United States, 1933-1967; the
Graton-Sales volume John D. Ridge, editor. New York, American
Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1968,
reprinted 1970. 2 v. (1880 p.) Paul, Wolfgang. Mining lore; an illustrated composition
and documentary compilation with emphasis on the spirit and history
of mining. Portland, Ore., Morris Print. Co., c1970. 940 p. Prieto, Carlos. Mining in the New World. New
York, McGraw-Hill, 1973. 239 p. Ramlu, Madisetti Anant. Mine disasters and mine
rescue. Rotterdam, A. A. Balkema, 1991. 400 p. Roberts, Willard Lincoln, Thomas J. Campbell, and
George Robert Rapp. Encyclopedia of minerals. 2nd ed. New
York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1990. 979 p. Scalisi, Philip, and David Cook. Classic mineral
localities of the world, Asia and Australia. New York, Van Nostrand
Reinhold Co., c1983. 226 p. Shepherd, R. Ancient mining. London, New York,
Published for the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy by Elsevier
Applied Science, c1993. 494 p. Swank, James Moore. History of the manufacture
of iron in all ages, and particularly in the United States from
colonial times to 1891; also a short history of early coal mining
in the United States and a full account of the influences which
long delayed the development of all American manufacturing industries.
2d ed. New York, B. Franklin, 1965. 554 p. (Burt Franklin American
classics of history and social science series, 6)
Bache, Jean-Jacques. World gold deposits: a geological
classification. Translated by J. Wanklyn; consultant, Hubert
Pelissonnier. New York, Elsevier; sole distributors in the U.S.
and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., c1987. 178 p. Barry, B. T. K., and C. J. Thwaites. Tin and its
alloys and compounds. Chichester, Eng., Horwood; New York, Halsted
Press, 1983. 268 p. Betteridge, W. Cobalt and its alloys. Chichester,
Eng., Horwood; New York, Halsted Press, 1982. 159 p. Blaskett, D. R., and D. Boxall. Lead and its alloys.
New York, Horwood, 1990. 161 p. Boldt, Joseph R. The winning of nickel, its geology,
mining, and extractive metallurgy. Toronto, Longmans Canada,
c1967. 487 p. Boyle, R. W. Gold: history and genesis of deposits.
New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1987. 676 p. Chugh, C. P. Manual of drilling technology.
Rotterdam, A. A. Balkema, 1985. 567 p. Dobrin, Milton B., and Carl H. Savit. Introduction
to geophysical prospecting. 4th ed. New York, McGraw-Hill Book
Co., c1988. 867 p. Earney, Fillmore C. F. Marine mineral resources.
London, New York, Routledge, 1990. 387 p. Fagin, Stuart William. Seismic modeling of geologic
structures: applications to exploration problems. Tulsa, Okla.,
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 1991. 267 p. (Geophysical
development series, v. 2) Foster, Norman H., and E. A. Beaumont. Photogeology
and photogeomorphology. Tulsa, Okla., American Association of
Petroleum Geologists; available from the AAPG Bookstore, c1992.
555 p. (AAPG treatise of petroleum geology reprint series, no. 18) Gilchrist, J. D. Extraction metallurgy. 3rd
ed. Oxford, New York, Pergamon Press, 1989. 431 p. Handbook of precious metals. Editor, E. M.
Savitskii; English editor, A. Prince; translated by S. N. Gorin
and others. New York, Hemisphere Pub. Corp., c1989. 600 p. Hartman, Howard L. Mine ventilation and air conditioning.
Co-editors, Jan M. Mutmansky, Y. J. Wang. 2nd ed.; reprint ed. w/corrections.
Malabar, Fla., Krieger Pub. Co., 1991. 791 p. History of iron and steelmaking in the United States.
New York, Metallurgical Society, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical,
and Petroleum Engineers, 1961. 101 p. Ivosevic, Stanley W. Gold and silver handbook on
geology, exploration, development, economics of large tonnage, low
grade deposits. Denver, Colo., S. W. Ivosevic, c1984. 217 p. Kearey, P., and M. Brooks. An introduction to geophysical
exploration. 2nd ed. Oxford, Boston, Blackwell Scientific Publications,
1991. 254 p. King, Frank. Aluminium and its alloys. Chichester,
Eng., Horwood; New York, Halsted Press, 1987. 313 p. The Making, shaping, and treating of steel.
Edited by William T. Lankford, Jr., and others. United States Steel.
10th ed. Pittsburgh, Pa., Association of Iron and Steel Engineers,
c1985. 1572 p. Maley, Terry S. Handbook of mineral law. 2d
ed., rev. Boise, Idaho, MMRC Publications, 1979. 469 p. Mark Anthony, Leo. The Alaskan prospector's short
course in introductory prospecting and mining. 7th rev. ed.
Fairbanks, University of Alaska, School of Mineral Industry, 1982.
250 p. McPherson, Malcolm J. Subsurface ventilation and
environmental engineering. London, New York, Chapman & Hall,
1993. 905 p. Microbial mineral recovery. Edited by Henry
L. Ehrlich, and Corale L. Brierley. New York, McGraw-Hill, c1990.
454 p. Sengupta, M. Mine environmental engineering.
Boca Raton, Fla., CRC Press, c1990. 2 v. Sheriff, Robert E. Geophysical methods. Englewood
Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, c1989. 605 p. Stack, Barbara. Handbook of mining and tunnelling
machinery. Chichester, Eng., New York, Wiley, c1982. 742 p. Tearpock, Daniel J., and Richard E. Bischke. Applied
subsurface geological mapping. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice
Hall, c1991. 648 p. Van Loon, J. C., and R. R. Barefoot. Determination
of the precious metals: selected instrumental methods. Chichester,
Eng., New York, Wiley, c1991. 276 p. Visher, Glenn S. Exploration stratigraphy.
2nd ed. Tulsa, Okla., PennWell Books, c1990. 433 p. West, E. G. Copper and its alloys. Chichester,
Eng., Horwood; New York, Halsted Press, 1982. 241 p. Yannopoulos, J. C. The extractive metallurgy of
gold. New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1991. 281 p.
Blasters' handbook. Wilmington, Del., E. I.
Du Pont de Nemours, 1977. 494 p. Chapel, Paul. Handbook of exploration geophysics.
Translated from the French by Chris Stevenson. Rotterdam, A. A.
Balkema, 1992. 411 p. E/MJ operating handbook of mineral surface mining
and exploration. Edited by Richard Hoppe. New York, McGraw-Hill,
E/MJ Mining Informational Services, c1978. 450 p. (E/MJ library
of operating handbooks, v. 2) E/MJ operating handbook of mineral underground
mining. Edited by Robert Sisselman. New York, E/MJ Mining Informational
Services, c1978. 440 p. (E/MJ library of operating handbooks, v.
3) E&MJ second operating handbook of mineral processing.
Edited by Lane White. New York, E/MJ Mining Information Services,
McGraw Hill, c1980. 509 p. (E&MJ library of operating handbooks,
v. 4) SME mineral processing handbook. Norman L.
Weiss, editor-in-chief. New York, Society of Mining Engineers of
the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers,
1985. 2 v. SME mining engineering handbook. Senior editor,
Howard L. Hartman. 2nd ed. Littleton, Colo., Society for Mining,
Metallurgy, and Exploration, 1992. 2 v. Smithells, Colin J. Smithells' metals reference
book. 7th ed. Edited by Eric A. Brandes, G. B. Brook. London,
Boston, Butterworths, 1991. 1 v. DIRECTORIES American mines handbook. Toronto, Northern
Miner Press, c1989- annual. E&MJ international directory of mining.
New York, Engineering and Mining Journal, c1981- annual. Financial Post survey of mines and energy resources.
1980- Toronto, Financial Post Corporation Service Group. annual. Financial times mining international year book.
Essex, Eng., Longman, 1887- annual. Industrial minerals directory: a world guide to
producers and processors. Editor, Joyce Griffiths; compilation,
Jayne North. 2nd ed. Worcester Park, Eng., Metal Bulletin Books,
1991. 557 p. Metal traders of the world. Edited by David
Gilbertson. Compiled by Rudy Packard. 3rd ed. Worcester Park, Eng.,
Metal Bulletin Books; New York, Metal Bulletin, 1987, c1986. 733
p. Who owns who in mining 1992: ownership and control
in the world mining and refining industry. By Raw Materials
Group. London, Roskill Information Services, c1992. 327 p. STATISTICS Metal statistics. 1908- New York, American
Metal Market. annual. Non-ferrous metal data. 1974- New York, American
Bureau of Metal Statistics. annual. Statistical compendium. By staff, U.S. Bureau
of Mines. Washington, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines,
U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1993. 417 p. World metal statistics. 1967- London, World
Bureau of Metal Statistics. monthly. World metal statistics yearbook. 1984- London,
World Bureau of Metal Statistics. annual. World mineral statistics. 1970/74- London,
H. M. Stationery Off. DICTIONARIES Bates, Robert Latimer, and Julia A. Jackson, editors.
Glossary of geology. 3rd ed. Alexandria, Va., American Geological
Institute, c1987. 788 p. Bates, Robert Latimer. Mineral resources A-Z.
Hillside, N.J., Enslow, c1991. 128 p. Sheriff, Robert E. Encyclopedic dictionary of exploration
geophysics. 2nd ed. Tulsa, Okla., Society of Exploration Geophysicists,
c1984. 323 p. Thrush, Paul W. A dictionary of mining, mineral,
and related terms, compiled and edited by Paul W. Thrush and the
staff of the Bureau of Mines. Washington, U.S. Bureau of Mines,
U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1968. 1269 p.
Stark, Marilyn McAnally. Mining and mineral industries:
an information sourcebook. Phoenix, Ariz., Oryx Press, 1988.
124 p. (Oryx sourcebook series in business and management, no. 10)
Brobst, Donald Albert, and Walden P. Pratt, eds. United
States mineral resources. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.,
1973. 722 p. (Geological Survey professional paper, 820) Marine minerals: exploring our new ocean frontier.
Washington, Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment,
U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1987. 349 p. Mineral commodity summaries. 1978- Washington,
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines. annual. Mineral facts and problems. By the staff, Bureau
of Mines. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1985. 956 p. (Bureau
of Mines Bulletin, 675) Minerals yearbook. 1932/33- Prepared by the
staff of the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Washington, The Bureau; distributor,
U.S. Govt. Print. Off. annual. State mineral summaries. 1989- Washington,
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines. annual. Statistical compendium. By staff, U.S. Bureau
of Mines. Washington, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines,
U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1993. 417 p.
Abstracting and Indexing Services that index relevant journal articles and other literature relevant to mines, mining, and mineral resources are listed below. Consult reference librarian for location of abstracting and indexing services in the Science Reading Room. Index terms vary from service to service, but terminology listed on p. 2 may be useful
Journals that often contain articles relevant to mines, mining, and mineral resources include:
Technical Reports and other types of literature are indexed in the following guides:
Many technical reports are available in the microform collection of the Science Reading Room. They may also be purchased from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Springfield, Virginia 22161. NTIS telephone: (703) 487-4650.
Akizuki, Mizuhiko, Yasuhiro Kudoh, and Yuko Satoh.
Crystal structure of the orthorhombic {001} growth sector of stilbite.
European journal of mineralogy, v. 5, Sept./Oct. 1993: 839-843.
Chander, S., A. Briceno, and J. Pang. Mechanism of sulfur oxidation
in pyrite. Minerals & metallurgical processing, v. 10,
Aug. 1993: 113-118. Cumming, G. L., and others. Further analyses of radiogenic minerals
from the Bidjovagge gold-copper deposit, Finnmark, Northern Norway.
Mineralogy and petrology, v. 49, no. 1/2, 1993: 63-70. Dyar, M. Darby, and others. Crystal chemistry of Fe3+ and H+ in
mantle kaersutite: implications for mantle metasomatism. American
mineralogist, v. 78, Sept./Oct. 1993: 968-979. Fang, Zhaoheng, and Mamoun Muhammed. Leaching of precious metals
from complex sulphide ores. Mineral processing and extractive
metallurgy review, v. 11, May 1992: 39-60. Kapur, P. C., Pawan Kapur, and D. W. Fuerstenau. An auto-layering
model for the granulation of iron ore fines. International journal
of mineral processing, v. 39, Oct. 1993: 239-250. Kaufman, M. A. Big risk? big opportunity! A look at the mineral
endowment and investment possibilities in the CIS' Russian, Kazak
and Uzbek republics. Engineering & mining journal, v.
194, Feb. 1993: 40-43. Kennedy, Alan. German and Austrian underground innovation. Mining
magazine, v. 45, July 1993: 20-27. Levine, Richard M. Mining in the former U.S.S.R. Mining magazine,
v. 45, July 1993: 16-19. Loomis, David, and others. Municipal sludge biosolids in mined
land reclamation: Great Basin pilot study. Mining engineering,
v. 45, Dec. 1993: 1470-1472. Marsden, J. O., J. G. Mansanti, and S. A. Sass. Innovative methods
for precious metals recovery in North America. Mining engineering,
v. 45, Sept. 1993: 1144-1151. Project survey 1993: Latin America calling. Engineering &
mining journal, v. 194, Jan. 1993: 20-26. Ramani, Raja V. Current issues in US mine ventilation. Mining
engineering, v. 45, Oct. 1993: 1262-1265. Schowengerdt, F. D. Why does the Colorado School of Mines exist?
Mines magazine, v. 83, Apr./May 1993: 8-9. Shcheglov, A. D., and Yu. M. Shuvalov. Russian minerals. Mining
magazine, v. 45, July 1993: 8-14.
Selected materials available in the Science Reading
Room pamphlet boxes include the following: Coates, J. F. Shaking the foundations: mineral industries in the 21st century. Minerals engineering, v. 6, Nov. 1993: 1111-1116. Cohen, Harry E. Reflections on mineral wealth. Minerals industry international, no. 1013, July 1993: 12. Crockett, R. N. Metal supply 2002 - a European Community perspective. Minerals industry international, no. 1007, July 1992: 16-18. Decker, James, and Robert M. Anderson. Is mining part of ecosystem management? Mining world news, v. 5, May/June 1993: 1-3. Fiscor, Steve, Mary Joan Martin, and Steve Zaburunov. Innovations in technology. Coal, v. 98, Mar. 1993: 42-51. Gentry, Donald W., and Laura Jarnagin. Environmental aspects an increasing part of international mining projects. Mining engineering, v. 45, Aug. 1993: 1009-1011. Kosich, Dorothy Y. Are miners an endangered species? Mining world news, v. 5, May/June 1993: 8-9, 13. Peterson, Shaun D. RCRA's solid waste regulation and its impact on resource recovery in the minerals industry. Washington, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1990. 13 p. St. Clair, Hillary W. Mineral industry in early America. Washington, U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1977. 62 p. Sousa, Louis J. Toward a new materials paradigm. Washington, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1992. 21 p. Strobel, Paul S. 2001: a mining odyssey. Mining world news, v. 5, May/June 1993: 4. United States. Dept. of the Interior. Bureau of Land Management. Mining claims and sites on federal lands. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1991. 33 p. (BLM-WO-GI-91-002-4130) United States. Dept. of the Interior. Bureau of Mines. List of Bureau of Mines publications and articles, January 1, 1990, to December 31, 1991 with subject and author index. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1992. 216 p. United States. Dept. of the Interior. Bureau of Mines. Office of Public Information. Minerals in 1992. Washington, Bureau of Mines, 1991? 70 p. Young, John E. Mining the earth. Washington, Worldwatch Institute, c1992. 53 p. (Worldwatch paper, 109)
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