Ore Deposit Geology

A clear and concise up-to-date explanation of ore types and geochemical formation processes. The author carefully organizes and summarizes information without delving too far into poorly-supported alternatives, yet does not fail to mention secondary factors that may play a role. The result is a text full of relevant, organized information, and very little of the tedium that crops up somewhere in most texts. Professor Ridley also eschews informative geochemical diagrams like those showing stability of iron and manganese sulfides, oxides, and carbonates, which might be considered a fault; but these diagrams require a lot of expert interpretation and a grasp of relevance to actual contexts so the author provides the interpretation instead. Even the descriptions and maps of actual deposits around the world appear to have been carefully filtered to best exemplify the processes (rather than simply using the most thoroughly studied locations).

This is a very comprehensive book on ore formations. The sections on hydrothermal processes is exceptional and exhaustive. While well written, to fully gain the knowledge contained, it has to read several times. There is a lot of information presented which takes a bit of effort to absorb. This is a must read for anyone trying to understand the genesis and morphology of economic minerals.

Very didactic book, with examples of deposits from all over the world and of the most varied types of ore.

It's a great addition to my geology collection.

The book was in an excelent condition

As a text for a Senior/graduate level economic geology class it works very well.

Not a big fan of this book. A lot of the graphics does not have all the explanation on it. Not a easy read at all.

Great book for educational use.

Really nice book. Gives a good inside in economic geology. I use it in my Master classes. It is easy to read and well structured.

Excellent, up to date book on Ore Deposits. Fantastic summary, covering the majority of deposit types in good detail (but should be supplemented with more recent and/or detailed scientific papers). I used this book for my MSc.

Devo dire che avendo letto già il Robb (Ore Forming Processes), ho capito subito che questo libro aveva qualche marcia in più, solo sfogliandolo con cura. I contenuti sono ben fatti, i box esaustivi, e la grafica è perfetta (diagrammi petrologici e geochimici, mappe e immagini nuove e chiare). Il libro è strutturato in modo tale da concentrarsi totalmente sui depositi magmatici-idrotermali-supergenetici-sedimentari, sono esclusi i giacimenti di idrocarburi (che a mio avviso andrebbero trattati a parte). In più è corredato di materiale extra e delle stesse illustrazioni a colori disponibili sul sito della casa editrice. Consegna nei tempi!

Great book for anyone in mining exploration.

Has proven to be a good reference source when reviewing exploration/mining company's press releases and MDA.