Mineral Deposits of Europe subject of 4-book series

The final volume in a four-book series entitled Mineral Deposits of Europe is now available from London’s Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. The 454-page book combines the fourth and fifth volumes into one publication covering both southwest and Eastern Europe together with Iceland.

The first, second and third volumes, already published, dealt with northwest, southeast and central European mineral deposits.

The final volume includes several landmark chapters, one of which gives the first comprehensive description of certain European ore deposits. The largest chapters in the book deal with the mineral deposits (including massive sulphides) found in Spain, and the European part of the USSR. The chapter on Iceland describes geothermal power, that country’s most valuable Earth resource.

Although the publication is strongly academic in its approach, it is also directed at mining company executives, investment consultants and government officials who may have an interest in the various metallic and non-metallic deposits of Europe. Excluded from discussion in the book are fossil fuel deposits and bulk minerals for the construction industry.

The entire Mineral Deposits of Europe project has extended over a period of nearly two decades, and contains contributions from 29 different countries representing 22 different languages.

“A worldwide demand exists for an authoritative but compact treatise on the mineral deposits of Europe in the English language,” note its authors. “The need for such a publication is strongly felt by geologists and other specialists.”

Mineral Deposits of Europe, Vol. 4 and 5: Southwest and Eastern Europe, with Iceland. Published by The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 44 Portland Place, London W1N 4BR, England. 454 pages. $188.