Sediment-hosted deposits are the main source of zinc and lead. In this volume, the reader will find the most recent developments in research including: - Fluid migration leading to formation of Zn-Pb ores in sedimentary basins. Relationships to orogenic events and to geothermic anomalies - Transport of metals and precipitation mechanisms. The role played by fluid mixing, fluid-rock reaction, organic matter, and thiosulfates - Paleomagnetic dating of ore deposits - The association of Mississippi Valley-type ore deposits to diapiric salt structures - Geochemical investigations applied to exploration for sediment-hosted Zn-Pb deposits - Economic aspects. The broad geographical coverage is an additional aspect which will interest both researchers and explorationists.

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and General Aspects.- Sediment-Hosted Zinc-Lead Ores An Introduction.- Organic Contributions to Mississippi Valley-Type Lead-Zinc Genesis A Critical Assessment.- Precipitation of Mississippi Valley-Type Ores: The Importance of Organic Matter and Thiosulphate.- Palaeomagnetic Methods for Dating the Genesis of Mississippi Valley-Type Lead-Zinc Deposits.- Galena and Sphalerite Associated with Coal Seams.- North American Deposits.- Dolostone-Hosted Sulfide Occurrences in Silurian Strata, Appalachian Basin of New York.- Mississippi Valley-Type Deposits in Continental Margin Basins: Lessons from the Appalachian-Caledonian Orogen.- Genesis of the Ozark Mississippi Valley-Type Metallogenic Province, Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma, USA.- Relations Between Diapiric Salt Structures and Metal Concentrations, Gulf Coast Sedimentary Basins, Southern North America.- Sulfide Breccia in Fossil Mississippi Valley-Type Mud Volcano Mass at Decaturville, Missouri, USA.- European Deposits.- Trace Element Distribution of Middle-Upper Triassic Carbonate-Hosted Lead-Zinc Mineralizations: The Example of the Raibl Deposit (Eastern Alps, Italy).- The Genesis of the Pennine Mineralization of Northern England and Its Relationship to Mineralization in Central Ireland.- Genesis of Sphalerite Rhythmites from the Upper Silesian Zinc-Lead Deposits A Discussion.- Geochemometrical Studies Applied to the Pb-Zn Deposit Bleiberg/Austria.- Mississippi Valley-Type, Sedex, and Iron Deposits in Lower Cretaceous Rocks of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Northern Spain.- Carbonate-Hosted Pb-Zn Mineralization at Bleiberg-Kreuth (Austria): Compilation of Data and New Aspects.- Australian, Chinese, and North African Deposits.- Australian Sediment-Hosted Zinc-Lead-Silver Deposits: Recent Developmentsand Ideas.- Sediment-Hosted Pb-Zn Deposits in China: Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Comparison with Some Similar Deposits in the World.- Peridiapiric Metal Concentration: Example of the Bou Grine Deposit (Tunisian Atlas).- Exploration and Economics.- Lithogeochemical Investigations Applied to Exploration for Sediment-Hosted Lead-Zinc Deposits.- The Economics of Sediment-Hosted Zinc-Lead Deposits.