Quantitative assessment of future development of copper/silver resources in the Kootenai National Forest,Idaho/Montana: Part II—Economic and policy analysis |
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Authors: | Thomas M Gunther |
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Institution: | 1. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Room 4553, 810 7th St., N.W., 20241, Washington, D.C., USA
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Abstract: | Quantitative assessments and analyses of mineral resources can provide important input to decisions affecting public lands. This article, a companion article to Spanski, 1992, presents an application of resource assessment and analysis tools developed by the U.S. Bureau of Mines and the U.S. Geological Survey to U.S. Forest Service lands in northwest Montana. The analytical system described here integrates mineral deposit models, mine and mill cost-estimation models, and relevant economic and policy assumptions to estimate potential mineral production and the associated direct and indirect mineral-related economic impacts that could follow development of minerals. Finally, the impacts of land-use policies are estimated using the model. |
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