Resource data bases-Resource assessment
Computers & Geosciences
By: A. L. Clark
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Abstract
The U.S. Geological Survey's Office of Resource Analysis is developing computer methods for the handling of mineral-resources data in order to provide improved means for addressing and manipulating data. These methods include: computerized data files and predictive resource models. Data files contain the raw or disaggregated information on mineral deposits and commodities. One operational data file is CRIB (Computerized Resources Information Bank) which is a general purpose inventory and reference file on metallic and nonmetallic mineral deposits. A computer file on resources should contain detailed information on the following main categories: record identification, name and location, description of deposit, analytical data, and production/reserves. A resource model employs postulates and inferences in conjunction with the data to make predictions about resources-as key variables concerning a mineral commodity are changed. The objective is to estimate the availability of minerals including: geological availability (occurrence models), technological availability (exploration and beneficiation models), and economic availability (economics models). ?? 1976.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Resource data bases-Resource assessment |
| Series title | Computers & Geosciences |
| DOI | 10.1016/0098-3004(76)90057-1 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1976 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Publisher location | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Computers and Geosciences |
| First page | 309 |
| Last page | 311 |
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