A multi-sensor logger for rock cores: Methodology and preliminary results from the Matagami mining camp, Canada

PS Ross, A Bourke, B Fresia - Ore Geology Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Diamond drilling typically constitutes a major part of costs in advanced mineral exploration
programs. This generates thousands of meters of rock cores during major exploration …

Portable X-ray fluorescence measurements on exploration drill-cores: comparing performance on unprepared cores and powders for 'whole-rock'analysis

A Bourke, PS Ross - … : Exploration, Environment, Analysis, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
One geoscience application of portable XRF (pXRF) technology is acquiring 'whole-
rock'analyses of unmineralized or weakly mineralized rock cores for major oxides and trace …

Improving lithological discrimination in exploration drill-cores using portable X-ray fluorescence measurements:(1) testing three Olympus Innov-X analysers on …

PS Ross, A Bourke, B Fresia - 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analysers are increasingly popular tools for
geoscientific applications, including mineral exploration. One promising application …

Improving lithological discrimination in exploration drill-cores using portable X-ray fluorescence measurements:(2) applications to the Zn-Cu Matagami mining camp …

PS Ross, A Bourke, B Fresia - … : Exploration, Environment, Analysis, 2014 - lyellcollection.org
A new geoscientific application of portable XRF (pXRF) analysers is the acquisition of high-
spatial resolution down-hole geochemical profiles obtained in-situ on exploration drill-cores …

Lithological discrimination of altered volcanic rocks based on systematic portable X-ray fluorescence analysis of drill core at the Myra Falls VHMS deposit, Canada

BA McNulty, N Fox, RF Berry, JB Gemmell - Journal of Geochemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analyzers can rapidly and inexpensively provide
chemical concentrations of a range of geologically significant elements, often with …

Assessing hydrothermal alteration intensity in volcanic-hosted massive sulfide systems using portable x-ray fluorescence analysis of drill core: an example from Myra …

BA McNulty, N Fox, JB Gemmell - Economic Geology, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Current portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) technology can rapidly and inexpensively yield
concentrations of geologically significant elements, typically with instrument detection limits …

Mapping lithology and hydrothermal alteration in geothermal systems using portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF): A case study from the Tauhara geothermal system …

K Mauriohooho, SLL Barker, A Rae - Geothermics, 2016 - Elsevier
Portable x-ray fluorescence (pXRF) analyzers are widely used in the environmental and
mineral exploration fields. pXRF analyzers can rapidly and inexpensively provide chemical …

[PDF][PDF] Field-portable x-ray fluorescence spectrometer use in volcanogenic massive sulphide exploration with examples from the Touleary occurrence (MINFILE …

PJ Sack, LL Lewis - Yukon Geological Survey, Yukon …, 2012 - emrlibrary.gov.yk.ca
Field-portable x-ray fluorescence analysers (pXRF) are becoming a common tool in the
savvy mineral explorer's tool kit. Benefits include portability and ease of use, real-time …

[PDF][PDF] Innovations in mineral exploration: Targets, methods and organization since the first globalization period

M Jébrak - Univ. de Quebec., Montreal, 2012 - academia.edu
This paper provides an overview of the history of innovation in the mining exploration
industry since its rise at the end of the nineteenth century. Innovation in exploration is …

[PDF][PDF] Analyse multiparamétrique à haute résolution de carottes de forage dans la région de Matagami-Partie 1, Méthodologie et performance

A Bourke, B Fresia - gq.mines.gouv.qc.ca
Résumé Les mesures de propriétés physiques, géochimiques et minéralogiques sur les
carottes de forage d'exploration ont plusieurs applications géoscientifiques, telles que la …