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Fractal Analysis of the Composition and Structure of Sulfide Disseminated Ores in Picritic Gabbro-Dolerites of the Oktyabrsky Deposit, Norilsk Ore Cluster
AbstractOres from wells drilled in the Kharaelakh intrusive of the Talnakh ore cluster are analyzed. Vein-disseminated sulfide copper–nickel...
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Introduction to Ore Microscopy
This chapter presents the main concepts and the observation methodology applied for optical ore microscopy. It also introduces the reader to its... -
An Uncertainty-Quantification Machine Learning Framework for Data-Driven Three-Dimensional Mineral Prospectivity Map**
The uncertainty inherent in three-dimensional (3D) mineral prospectivity map** (MPM) encompasses (a) mineral system conceptual model uncertainty...
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Blind Source Separation of Spectrally Filtered Geochemical Signals to Recognize Multi-depth Ore-Related Enrichment Patterns
This contribution conceptualizes a blind source separation (BSS) model to recover sources of geochemical signals such that multi-depth ore-related...
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Bulk geochemistry, Rb–Sr, Sm–Nd, and stable O–H isotope systematics of the Metzimevin high-grade iron ore deposit, Mbalam iron ore district, southern Cameroon
Bulk geochemistry, Sr, Nd, and O–H isotope systematics are reported for the first time on banded iron formation (BIF)-hosted high-grade iron ore at...
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A New Generation of Artificial Intelligence Algorithms for Mineral Prospectivity Map**
Here, we propose a new concept, ‘new generation artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for mineral prospectivity map** (MPM)’, which places...
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Light Stable Isotopes (H, B, C, O and S) in Ore Studies—Methods, Theory, Applications and Uncertainties
Variations in the abundances of light stable isotopes, particularly those of hydrogen, boron, carbon, oxygen and sulfur, were essential in develo**... -
Newer results of Monte Carlo inversion of IP data in water base protection and ore exploration
The paper presents the latest results of Monte Carlo inversion of IP data in the areas of water base protection and ore exploration. The method of...
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Cobalt Prospectivity Using a Conceptual Fuzzy Logic Overlay Method Enhanced with the Mineral Systems Approach
This paper describes mineral prospectivity research conducted in Finland to predict favorable areas for cobalt exploration using the “fuzzy logic...
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Ore Elements and Minerals in the Sublimates of Alaid Volcano, Kuril Island Arc
AbstractThis paper is concerned with sublimates sampled in 2013–2020 in the near-crater zone and on the slopes of Alaid Volcano situated in the Kuril...
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The Norilsk Ore Field: A New Metamorphic-Hydrothermal Mineral Association: Pure Zvyagintsevite and Silver, Hibbingite, Mn-Hibbingite, Siderite, Sphalerite, and Phosgenite in the Magmatogenic Putoranite Ores
AbstractUnique magmatogenic putoranite ores are developed within deep horizons (more than 1750 m) of the northeastern flank of the Oktyabr’skoe...
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Isotopes in Economic Geology, Metallogeny and Exploration—An Introduction
Although (Soddy, Nature 92:399–400, 1913) inferred the existence of isotopes early last century, it was not until the discovery of the neutron by... -
Insight into the Origin of Iron Ore Based on Elemental Contents of Magnetite and Whole-Rock Geochemistry: A Case of the Bipindi Banded Iron Formations, Nyong Complex, SW Cameroon
The Bipindi iron ore district is located in the central section of the Nyong Complex at the northwestern margin of the Congo Craton in Southwest...
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Mineral Prospectivity Map** Using Deep Self-Attention Model
Multi-source data integration for mineral prospectivity map** (MPM) is an effective approach for reducing uncertainty and improving MPM accuracy....
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Classification of Polymetallic Ore-Forming Processes and Transitional VMS–SEDEX–MV-type: the Example of the Giant Ozernoe Deposit in Transbaikalia, Russia
AbstractThis article discusses the general classification approaches and key features of different families of polymetallic deposits, with particular...
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Volatile, Trace, and Ore Elements in Magmatic Melts and Natural Fluids: Evidence from Mineral-Hosted Inclusions. I. Mean Concentrations of 45 Elements in the Main Geodynamic Settings of the Earth
Abstract—Published data on the composition of mineral-hosted inclusions and quenched glasses of rocks were used to estimate the mean concentrations...
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Local singularity and S–A methods for analyzing ore-producing anomalies in the Jianbiannongchang area of Heilongjiang, China
The Heilongjiang Jianbiannongchang area is located at the confluence of the Great and Lesser **ng’an Ranges. This area has a complex magmatic and...
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Exploration of a Copper Ore Deposit in Elbistan/Turkey Using 2D Inversion of the Time-Domain Induced Polarization Data by Using Unstructured Mesh
We present the results of a direct current (DC) resistivity and time-domain induced polarization (TDIP) survey exploring a copper ore deposit in...
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Prospectivity and Uncertainty Analysis of Tungsten Polymetallogenic Mineral Resources in the Nanling Metallogenic Belt, South China: A Comparative Study of AdaBoost, GBDT, and XgBoost Algorithms
Supervised machine learning algorithms are utilized to predict undiscovered mineral resources by analyzing the correlation between geological data...