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Textures, trace element compositions, and sulfur isotopes of pyrite from the Honghai volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit: Implications for ore genesis and mineral exploration
In this paper, we present textures, trace element compositions, and sulfur isotope data for pyrite from the Honghai volcanogenic massive sulfide...
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Mineral Exploration Based on Quantified Spatial Relationships between Gold Deposits and Ore Genesis in Malaysia
AbstractRemote sensing is an essential tool for gathering vital information for the mining industry. With the latest advances in the field of remote...
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Oxygen Isotope Geochemistry as a Tool in the Exploration for BIF-hosted Iron Ore Occurrences within the Precambrian Mineral Belt of Southern Cameroon, Northwestern Margin of the Congo Craton: A Review
AbstractAs a method for discovering the footprint of concealed iron ore enrichments, oxygen isotopes have revealed hydrothermal fluid sources and...
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Application of the Lu–Hf Isotopic System to Ore Geology, Metallogenesis and Mineral Exploration
The Lu-Hf isotopic system, much like the Sm-Nd isotopic system, can be used to understand crustal evolution and growth. Crustal differentiation...
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The Gorevskoe Pb–Zn Deposit (Siberia, Russia): Mineral Composition and Features of Ore Mineralization
AbstractThe genetic diversity of the structure and mineral composition of the ores of the Gorevskoe Pb–Zn deposit and the main signs of synchronous...
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Copper Isotopes Used in Mineral Exploration
The use of copper isotopes related to ore deposit location and genesis has greatly expanded over the past twenty years. The isotope values in ores,...
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Scheelite chemistry from skarn systems: implications for ore-forming processes and mineral exploration
The trace element composition of scheelite from 19 well-documented reduced and oxidized skarn systems was measured by laser ablation-inductively...
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Perspectives of the Development and Problems of Exploration of a Resource Base of Deficient Strategic Mineral Deposits of Siberia
AbstractThe state of art of the mineral-resource base of strategic solid mineral deposits in Russia in general, and in Siberia in particular, is...
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Alunite spectral features and mineral chemistry of the Zi**shan-Dafanshan lithocap in SE China: Implications for mineral exploration
Lithocaps are composed of silicic and advanced argillic altered rocks, and represent an important target for porphyry-epithermal Cu-Au exploration....
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Applications of Lead Isotopes to Ore Geology, Metallogenesis and Exploration
Although lead isotopes are most commonly used to date geological events, including mineralizing events, they also can provide information on many...
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A Historical Overview of Conceptual Approaches in Mineral Exploration with Special Reference to Uranium Exploration in India
Minerals and metals find mentioned in India’s ‘Shruthies’ (Vedic) and ‘Smruthies’ (Ithihasas and Puranas) but the exploration concepts had remained...
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Mineral Exploration Scenario in India: Prospect, Promise and Policy Reforms
India is endowed with unique geological and tectonic setting conducive to host potential mineral resources. A look at the mineral resource status of...
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The Potential of Zn Isotopes in the Science and Exploration of Ore Deposits
Since the turn of the Century, the growth in development and application of zinc isotopes to multiple fields in terrestrial and planetary sciences...
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U–Pb Dating of Mineral Deposits: From Age Constraints to Ore-Forming Processes
The timing and duration of ore-forming processes are amongst the key parameters required in the study of mineral systems. After more than a century...
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Legislative Reforms and Challenges to Provide an Impetus to Mineral Exploration in India
Minerals and metals are crucial raw materials for industries and a major source of development for the country. In India there has been a pronounced...
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Textural characteristics of ore mineral dendrites in banded quartz veins from low-sulfidation epithermal deposits: implications for the formation of bonanza-type precious metal enrichment
Quartz veins in bonanza-type ore zones of low-sulfidation epithermal deposits frequently contain ore mineral dendrites. Gold and naumannite dendrites...
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A Practical Guide to Ore Microscopy—Volume 2 Ore Textures and Automated Ore Analysis
This book presents recent developments in ore microscopy to support the work of engineers and scientists actively engaged in the field of mineral raw...
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Constraints on ore-forming fluid evolution and guidance for ore exploration in the Zhaxikang Sb–Pb–Zn–Ag deposit in southern Tibet: insights from silver isotope fractionation of galena
This study reports the high-precision silver (Ag) isotopic compositions of the dominant Ag-bearing mineral (galena) in the representative Zhaxikang...
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Mineral exploration modeling by convolutional neural network and continuous genetic algorithm: a case study in Khorasan Razavi, Iran
Mineral exploration modeling to identify promising areas is a crucial step in any mineral exploration program. Traditional methods mainly depend on...
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Exploration and Mining Development
Photographic methods of seafloor mineral exploration were largely superseded in the 1970s by the use of underwater TV. This was supplemented by the...