Peter W Scott Ltd

Geologist - Mineralogist

Geological Consultancy and Training

A small well-established geological - mineralogical consultancy providing a personal service to mining and quarrying companies and related organisations in UK and other countries. It has specialist knowledge in Industrial Minerals and Rocks, Mineralogy and Ore Geology, and Extractive Industry Geology. These are supported by substantial geological fieldwork experience in UK and overseas.

Director:

Emeritus Professor Peter W. Scott,

BSc, PhD, DIC, FGS, CGeol, MRSC, CChem, CSci.

formerly Head of Geology at Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Cornwall, UK.

Scope of work:

Industrial Minerals and construction raw materials:
   Market studies
   Fieldwork, mapping and geological continuity
   Industrial properties and applications
   Regional resource studies
   Aggregate resources

Geology, Mineralogy and Petrography:
    Metal ores
    Industrial minerals
    Construction materials

Rock descriptions
Slags and other mineral wastes

Training:
Courses in industrial minerals, ore geology, mineralogy and petrography

Analytical techniques available:

Optical microscopy in transmitted and reflected light

     Mineralogy by XRD
     Scanning Electron Microscopy
     Electron Microprobe Analysis
     QEMSCAN
     Chemical Analysis by XRF

Particle size analysis

Experience as an Expert Witness on geological and mineralogical topics

Geodiversity in quarries:
Reviews, audits, action plans and condition monitoring

The company has direct access to extensive in-house and external library resources devoted to industrial minerals, metalliferous deposits, ore geology and mineralogy.

Contact details:

Address: Kinloss, Port Navas, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 5RL, UK.

Also at 36, Church Street, Cromarty, Ross-shire, IV11 8XA, Scotland.

Email: p.w.scott@ex.ac.uk or p.w.scott@btinternet.com

Phone: (+44)(0)1326-340214