Metallogeny of Tin attempts to develop a general metallogenic model for tin in identifying the essential or relevant processes in tin ore formation. The methodological principle is based on an interplay between a background of basic petrogenetic concepts and a number of specific local and regional data on tin deposits and tin provinces. The author condenses the many apparently specific complexities encountered in individual ore deposits to a few major processes of general importance.

Contents: Introduction: General Metallogenic Concepts. The Example Tin. Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Tin Ore Deposits. Global Geochemical Evolution of Tin. Geochemical Specialization of Tin Granites.- Petrological Framework: Magmatic Fractionation.- Geochemical Heritage. Crystal-Melt Partitioning of Tin. The Role of Oxidation State.- Solubility of Cassiterite in Silicic Melts. Melt-Fluid Partitioning of Tin. Hydrothermal Solubility of Cassiterite.- Magmatic Enrichment of Tin: Erzgebirge/Krusné Hory, Germany and CSFR. Massif Central, France. Cornwall. Malaysia. Thailand. Nigeria. Nova Scotia, Canada. Cape Granite, South Africa. Snowy Mountains, SE Australia.- Hydrothermal Redistribution: Tanjungpandan, Indonesia. Pilok, Thailand and Hermyingyi, Burma. Ear Mountain, Alaska, USA. Takua Pa, Southern Thailand. Kinta Valley, Malaysia. Chacaltaya, Northern Bolivia. Chorolque, Southern Bolivia.- Regional Element Distribution Patterns and the Problem of Pregranitic Tin Enrichments: General. Erzgebirge, Germany, and Izera Mountains, Poland. The Bolivian Tin Belt. Kelapa Kampit, Belitung Island, Indonesia. Model of Tin Ore Formation: Origin of Tin Granites. Time-Space Framework. The Magmatic System. The Transitional Magmatic-Hydrothermal System. The Hydrothermal System. Synthesis.- References.- Locality Index.- Subject Index.