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what is the relationship that can occur between a body of igneous rock and economic mineralisation.
This is not a simple question. That is exactly what economic geology is and what I do. To hopefully be able to answer this question, on a specific case basis, has takem me six plus years of college and forty years of experience. There are so many variables that I can not give you a specific answer. If you want to ask a narrower question like what is the relationship between a specific mineral and a specific igneous rock, I will try to answer that question.
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Joe Norris
Expertise
I am an economic geologist. An economic geologist does mineral evaluations and appraisals of mineral or mining properties. I can tell you if your deposit has value - remember that a mineral deposit, no matter how good, only has value when mined. Any value assigned to a mineral deposit, in the ground, is only the speculative value that deposit.
Experience
I have been a economic geologist for most of my 35 year career. Although I have done work in perhaps 45 states and numerious countries much of my work has been in Appalachian coal, intermountain west gold and silver, and Arizona uranium.
Organizations
Past President of the Virginia Section of the American Institute of Professional Geologists and a certified geologist in twelve states.
Education/Credentials
BS Degree from Eastern Kentucky University. Work on MS Degree @ Eastern Kentucky University, Colorad School of Mines & Marshall University
Numerious short courses on the value of mineral deposits and how to value same. Also several short courses dealing with the different types of geologic processes; sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic along with the mineral associated with each.
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