Statistical guides to estimating the number of undiscovered mineral deposits: An example with porphyry copper deposits

GIS and Spatial Analysis - 2005 Annual Conference of the International Association for Mathematical Geology, IAMG 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1028-1033

  Singer, Donald A ^a   Menzie, W David ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; MINERAL RESOURCES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; EMPIRICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS; RANDOM DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ESTIMATES; STATISTICAL TOOLS; UNBIASED ESTIMATES;

ESTIMATION;

EID: 84902508099     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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