TL;DR: In this article, a four-step process is proposed for linking the conceptual mineral system with data available to support exploration targeting, including translation from critical processes of the mineral system, to constituent processes, to targeting elements reflected in geology, and targeting criteria used to detect the targeting elements directly or by proxy.

TL;DR: In this article, surface reflectance data derived from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) imagery are used to map hydrothermal alteration zones for gold exploration.

TL;DR: Bayesian weight-of-evidence and logistic regression models are implemented in a GIS environment for regional-scale prospectivity modeling of greenstone belts in the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, for magmatic nickel sulfide deposits.

TL;DR: The Sarcheshmeh porphyry copper deposit is located 65 km southwest of Kerman City, southeastern Iran as discussed by the authors, where a number of pyroxene-pyrite-bearing assemblages occur as primary phenocrysts.

TL;DR: An overview of the history, present status, and future perspective of research in the fields of mineral prospectivity analysis and quantitative resource estimation can be found in this article, where the authors also summarize the papers included in the Special Issue.

TL;DR: In this article, the fractal model for reserve estimation (FMRE) is proposed to estimate the grade, orebody thickness and grade-thickness of a single gold mine.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors applied SHRIMP U-Pb zircon and 40 Ar/39 Ar geochronology applied to one rhyolitic porphyry sample and sericite separated from auriferous quartz veins of the main mineralization stage were carried out to constrain magmatic and hydrothermal events.

TL;DR: In this article, the Pb-isotope data from the Kerman Cenozoic magmatic arc (KCMA) of Iran were used to identify the source of the Miocene porphyries.

TL;DR: In the Sahinli and Tespih Dere intermediate sulfidation gold-base metal deposits in Western Turkey as mentioned in this paper, the total sulfide content of the veins in the area is variable ranging from Fluid inclusions in main-stage quartz at Sahinali are only liquid-rich, with homogenization temperatures ranging from 220 to 322°C and the majority of Th values between 250 and 300°C.

TL;DR: The Keketale Pb-Zn volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposit occurs in the early Devonian sequence of the Kangbutiebao Formation of the Southern Altai Metallogenic Belt (SAMB) as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The Ayazmant Fe-Cu skarns as mentioned in this paper were found to be I-type, subalkaline, calc-alkaline and metaluminous products of a high-level magma chamber, generated in a continental arc setting.

TL;DR: The Carara gold deposit as mentioned in this paper is a typical orogenic, greenstone-hosted, auriferous quartz vein, which is characterized by abundant aqueous-carbonic fluid inclusions.

TL;DR: In this article, a two-pronged approach involving GIS-assisted manual prospectivity analysis and GISbased fuzzy prospectivity analyses was used for identifying the most prospective ground for hydrothermal Ni deposits in Tasmania.

TL;DR: In this paper, a cognitive assessment of spatial and non-spatial data of the uranium potential of 90 geological regions in Australia has been performed, where the 14 principal uranium deposit types recognized by the International Atomic Energy Agency were grouped in six uranium systems models (i.e., surficial, sedimentary, igneous-related, metamorphic/metasomatic, unconformity-related and vein-related uranium systems) on the basis of similar genetic processes, environments of ore formation and ingredients mappable at the regional to continent scale.

TL;DR: In this paper, a weights of evidence model for VMS copper-gold mineralisation was created for the northern part of the Semail Ophiolite Belt in Oman and this has been used in conjunction with economic modelling to target, prioritise and plan follow-up exploration.

TL;DR: In this article, the fractal distribution of element concentrations was used to construct the tonnage cutoff and average grade cutoff models, which are applicable in both exploration and operating mine environments.

TL;DR: The Plutonic Marymia Greenstone Belt as mentioned in this paper contains between 5.5 and 5.9 moz of gold in undiscovered deposits larger than 0.1 moz, including six undiscovered mines of size between 0.7 moz and 0.4 moz.

TL;DR: In this article, the results of in situ U-Pb SHRIMP and LA-ICP-MS dating of detrital zircon grains from graywacke and mafic dyke samples, as well as Pb and Nd isotopic signatures of the ores were presented.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors recovered, re-processed, modeled and interpreted a 2D high-resolution reflection seismic profile in the vicinity of the Brunswick No. 6 open pit with the aim of providing key information on the geological structures associated with mineral deposits.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a framework for making decisions concerning mineral resources under conditions of uncertainty, based on internally consistent mineral deposit models that help convert the output of assessments into forms helpful to decision-makers.

TL;DR: The Baogutu gold deposit, West Junggar (Xinjiang, NW China), is composed of quartz-sulfide veins and their stockworks and is hosted within an Early Carboniferous volcanic-sedimentary sequence as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The Nabburg-Wolsendorf vein-type fluorites in SE Germany are characterized by a pronounced time-bound variation in mineral color (blue, black, green, white, colorless, yellow, and brown) as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that tourmaline in the biotite granites was formed from magmatically-derived hydrothermal fluids which emanated as a result of first and possibly second boiling.

TL;DR: In this article, a fractal dimension representing the degree of geological complexity is evaluated using a box-counting method on the combination of faults and lithological contacts on a series of maps over the Kurnalpi Terrane of the Archaean Yilgarn Craton.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate that geochemical signatures of igneous rocks can be used to predict the metal potential of skarn prospects of the Andes Cordillera of Argentina.

TL;DR: In this article, the undiscovered Pt, Pd, Au, Ni, and Cu resources in contact-type and reef-type deposits were estimated down to 1000m depth using a three-part quantitative assessment method.

TL;DR: The Magellan Pb deposit is located in an outlier of the Palaeoproterozoic Earaheedy Group overlying the southeast Yerrida Basin this article.

TL;DR: For the Bendigo and Stawell zones, quantitative estimates were only made for undiscovered mesozonal orogenic gold-quartz vein deposits, the predominant type of gold mineralisation in that region as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, the field setting, mineralogical, geochemical, genetic and depositional features of Late Archean metasedimentary manganese, as well as Cenozoic supergene manganes and ferromanganese ores along the ~75 km long linear tract of the Anmod-Bisgod region in the Western Dharwar Craton, southern India, are described.