Review of till geochemistry and indicator mineral methods for mineral exploration in glaciated terrain

MB McClenaghan, RC Paulen, IR Smith… - Geochemistry …, 2023 - lyellcollection.org
Since the 1970s, till geochemical and indicator mineral methods for mineral exploration,
provenance studies and environmental research in glaciated terrain have been developed …

Rare earth exploration potential in Finland

O Sarapää, T Al Ani, SI Lahti, LS Lauri, P Sarala… - Journal of Geochemical …, 2013 - Elsevier
Exploration for economic deposits of rare earth elements (REEs) is currently active all over
the world. In this case the REE potential of Finland was evaluated by analysing existing …

Till geochemistry and mineralogy: Vectoring towards Cu porphyry deposits in British Columbia, Canada

A Plouffe, T Ferbey, S Hashmi… - Geochemistry: Exploration …, 2016 - lyellcollection.org
Regional till sampling was completed near four Cu porphyry mineralized zones in south-
central British Columbia, Canada: Highland Valley Copper (Cu-Mo), Gibraltar (Cu-Mo), and …

Indicator mineral-based exploration for carbonatites and related specialty metal deposits—A QEMSCAN® orientation survey, British Columbia, Canada

DAR Mackay, GJ Simandl, W Ma, M Redfearn… - Journal of Geochemical …, 2016 - Elsevier
This orientation survey indicates that Quantitative Evaluation of Materials by Scanning
electron microscopy (QEMSCAN®) is a viable alternative to traditional indicator mineral …

Processing of glacial sediments for the recovery of indicator minerals: protocols used at the Geological Survey of Canada

A Plouffe, MB McClenaghan, RC Paulen… - Geochemistry …, 2013 - lyellcollection.org
A successful method of mineral exploration in glaciated terrain is the use of indicator
minerals recovered from carefully selected glacial sediments, and subsequently traced back …

Rare metal indicator minerals in bedrock and till at the Strange Lake peralkaline complex, Quebec and Labrador, Canada

MB McClenaghan, RC Paulen… - Canadian Journal of …, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
A study of rare metal indicator minerals and glacial dispersal was carried out at the Strange
Lake Zr–Y–heavy rare earth element deposit in northern Quebec and Labrador, Canada …

Rare earth element and gold exploration in glaciated terrain: example from the Mäkärä area, northern Finland

O Sarapää, P Sarala - 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Mäkärä Au-rare earth element (REE) prospect area is located in the Tana Belt, south of
the 1.9 Ga Lapland Granulite Belt, in northern Finland. The Belt has prominent lanthanum …

[PDF][PDF] 矿物自动分析系统在碳酸岩型稀土地球化学勘查中的应用

刘东盛, 陈圆圆 - 物探与化探, 2022 - cgsjournals.com
为稳固中国稀土资源大国地位, 近年来我国不断加强稀土资源勘查力度. 地球化学勘探是矿产
勘查重要手段, 本文通过总结以往稀土化探工作, 查明其中存在的问题并提出解决方案 …

Trace elements in corundum, chrysoberyl, and zircon: Application to mineral exploration and provenance study of the western Mamfe gem clastic deposits (SW …

NS Kanouo, E Ekomane, RF Yongue… - Journal of African Earth …, 2016 - Elsevier
Trace element abundances in three indicator minerals (corundum, chrysoberyl, and zircon
grains) from the western Mamfe gem placers, as determined by LA-ICP-MS analytical …

[PDF][PDF] The direct indicator mineral concept and QEMSCAN® applied to exploration for carbonatite and carbonatite-related ore deposits

GJ Simandl, DAR Mackay, X Ma, P Luck… - Indicator minerals in …, 2017 - researchgate.net
Indicator minerals have long been used in diamond exploration and the approach has been
expanded to search for other commodities. Orientation surveys using stream sediment …