| Title | The magmato-hydrothermal space: a new metric for geochemical characterization of ore deposits |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Grunsky, E C; Brauhart, C W; Hagemann, S; Dubé, B |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7487, 2015, 1 sheet, https://doi.org/10.4095/295662  Open Access |
| Links | OSNACA website
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| Year | 2015 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Subjects | igneous and metamorphic petrology; economic geology; geochemistry; magmatism; magmatic deposits; magmatic rocks; hydrothermal deposits; mineral deposits |
| Illustrations | location maps; plots; tables; 3-D images |
| Program | Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-4) Gold Ore Systems |
| Released | 2015 03 12 |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI-4) is a collaborative federal geoscience program that provides industry with the next generation of geoscience
knowledge and innovative techniques to better detect buried mineral deposits, thereby reducing some of the risks of exploration. A new approach to characterizing and classifying mineral deposits based on whole rock geochemistry is currently being
developed jointly by the mineral exploration industry, two universities and the GSC. The project is focused on the correct/best metric to use and a decision tree approach to ore deposit classification, amongst others. Research done to date, shows
that this approach has successfully identified a wide range of mineral deposit types including porphyry, lode gold, PGE, skarn, sedimentary hosted massive sulphides, volcanic hosted massive sulphides, Mississippi-type lead-zinc deposits.
Geochemical data of unknown metallogenic affinities can be classified and existing classifications can be enhanced/re-defined. The results of this project will assist in advanced mineral exploration programs |
| GEOSCAN ID | 295662 |
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