Ore Deposits: Origin, Exploration, and Exploitation

ISBN-13: 9781119290537 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 272 str.

Sophie Decree; Laurence Robb

Opis

This volume presents up-to-date and innovative research contributing towards advancements in the field of the ore study and of the deposits exploration. The interdisciplinary research that characterizes the European Geoscience Union conferences, which typically covers a very broad range of disciplines dealing with Earth Sciences, is reflected in the contributions gathered in this volume.

This volume aims to address the burning questions of the ore geologists belonging to an academic environment as well as the exploration geologists working for a mining company, giving them a broader overview of the following: (1) new keys for the understanding of the ore deposit genesis and (2) helpful tools for exploration. Moreover, this volume would also prove useful for geochemists, mineralogists and geologists interested in magnetic susceptibility and spectral imaging studies. Indeed, new developments concerning mineral study such as cathodoluminescence, magnetic susceptibility, datings (Re-Os, Sm-Nd methods) and remote sensing are discussed in this volume along with their significant importance in ore deposit exploration.

Spis treści

Contributors viiPreface ixSection I: Characteristics of Atypical Mineral Deposit Styles1. Origin and Exploration of the Kola PGE-bearing Province: New Constraints from Geochronology 3Felix P. Mitrofanov, Tamara B. Bayanova, John N. Ludden, Alexey U. Korchagin, Victor V. Chashchin, Lyudmila I. Nerovich, Pavel A. Serov, Alexander F. Mitrofanov, and Dmitry V. Zhirov2. Geochemical, Microtextural, and Mineralogical Studies of the Samba Deposit in the Zambian Copperbelt Basement: A Metamorphosed Paleoproterozoic Porphyry Cu Deposit 37S. Master and N. M. Ndhlovu3. The Geology of the Mufulira Deposit: Implications for the Metallogenesis of Arenite-Hosted Ore Deposits in the Central African Copperbelt 57Philippe Muchez, Maarten Minnen, Stijn Dewaele, and Niels Hulsbosch4. Nb-Ta-Sn-W Distribution in Granite-related Ore Systems: Fractionation Mechanisms and Examples from the Karagwe-Ankole Belt of Central Africa 75Niels Hulsbosch5. The Southern Breccia Metasomatic Uranium System of the Great Bear Magmatic Zone, Canada: Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold (IOCG) and Albitite-Hosted Uranium Linkages 109E.G. Potter, J.-F. Montreuil, L. Corriveau, and W. J. DavisSection II: New Methods for Mineral Exploration6. Cathodoluminescence Applied to Ore Geology and Exploration 133Jean-Marc Baele, Sophie Decree, and Brian Rusk7. Transition Metal Isotopes Applied to Exploration Geochemistry: Insights from Fe, Cu, and Zn 163Ryan Mathur and Da Wang8. Exploring for Carbonate-Hosted Ore Deposits Using Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes 185Shaun L. L. Barker and Gregory M. Dipple9. The Importance of Large Scale Geophysical Investigations for Mineral Exploration 09Susan J. Webb, Stephanie E. Scheiber-Enslin, and Janine Cole10. A Summary of Some Recent Developments in Potential Field Data Processing in South Africa with Mining and Exploration Applications 225G. R. J. Cooper11. 3D Reflection Seismic Imaging for Gold and Platinum Exploration, Mine Development, and Safety: Case Studies from the Witwatersrand Basin and Bushveld Complex (South Africa) 237M. S. Manzi, E. J. Hunt, and R. J. DurrheimIndex 257

O autorze

Sophie Decrée, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and Geological Survey of BelgiumLaurence Robb, University of Oxford, UK and Centre of Excellence for Integrated Mineral and Energy Resource Analysis (CIMERA), South Africa