Peters, William C(allier)

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PETERS, William C(allier)

PETERS, William C(allier). American, b. 1920. Genres: Earth sciences. Career: Professor Emeritus of Mining and Geological Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, since 1982 (Professor, 1964-82). Geologist, New Jersey Zinc Co., Gilman, Colorado, 1948-50, and FMC Corp., Denver, 1950-59; Chief Geologist, Utah Copper Division, Kennecott Copper Corp., Salt Lake City, 1959-64. Chairman, Tucson Section, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, 1968; President, Arizona Geological Society, 1970-71, Southwest Minerals Exploration Association, 1972, and Mining Club of the Southwest, 1987. Publications: (ed.) Mining and Ecology in the Arid Environment, 1970; Exploration and Mining Geology, 1978, 1987. Address: 6840 E. Calle de Oro, Tucson, AZ 85715, U.S.A.

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