Mineral Resources of Mongolia

1. Preface (Franco Pirajno).- 2. Introduction.- 3. Geology of Mongolia: overview (O. Gerel).- 4. Tectonic settings and related metallogeny of Mongolia (O.Gerel & G. Dejidmaa).- 5. Description of selected ore deposits and occurrences.- 6. Base metals: Cu, Pb-Zn (Cu-Gerel, Pb-Zn-B. Batkhishig).- 7. Rare metal deposits: Sn and W (O. Gerel).- 8. Gold deposits: lodes and placers (G. Dejidmaa).- 9. Silver deposits (B. Munkhtsengel).- 10. REE deposits in alkaline and carbonatite complexes (S. Jargalan; Jindrich Kynicky).- 11. Uranium deposits (D. Bat-Ulzii?).- 12. Pt and platinoids ( . Altanzul).- 13. Fe, Cr, Mn (B. Batkhishig).- 14. Al (bauxites?) -only one occurrence -maybe cancelled.- 15. Coal - B. Batkhishig & L. Jargal).- 16. Fluorite (Yo. Majigsuren).- 17. Phosphorite (B. Munkhtsengel).- 18. Mineral production in Mongolia. 

Gerel Ochir is Professor, Director of the Geoscience Center. Consulting Geologist. She obtained Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Charles University (Prague), PhD  from Institute of Earth Crust, and ScD from Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry, both of the Russian Academy of Sciences. O. Gerel was for 30 years head of the Department of Geology at the Mongolian University of Science and Technology. She is the author of more than 350 scientific publications, including scientific reports, textbooks and books, leader of many international projects.  She is part of the Editorial board of many international journals. Dr. Gerel is Past-Vice President of the International Union of Geological Sciences, and Executive Committee member of other professional societies, Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Mineral resources, CAGS, Beijing. She is an Honoured Scientist of Mongolia and State Prize Winner. Her scientific interests include petrology, geochemistry, mineral resources, and metallogeny.

Franco Pirajno, PhD from University Federico II, Naples, Italy. He has considerable experience in tectonics, ore deposit geology and mineral exploration in many parts of the world. He worked for the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa Ltd, as Exploration Geologist, following a spell as a post-doctoral research scientist at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory, Exploration Manager of the Anglo American Corporation's activities in the South West Pacific, the Chair of Exploration Geology at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. In 1993 joined the Geological Survey of Western Australia till October 2015. Currently, Franco is Adjunct Professor at The University of Western Australia, Institute of Mineral Resources at the CAGS, Beijing, Honorary Professor at China University of Geosciences, Honorary Research Fellow at CECAMS Natural History Museum, London, Editor-in-Chief of Ore Geology Reviews. Franco is the author of 5 books. He was

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