Alteration mapping of the Tarcoola Goldfield (South Australia) using a suite of hyperspectral methods

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-12

  Mauger, Alan J ^a   Keeling, J L ^a   Huntington, J F ^b  

^a Office of Minerals and Energy Rsrc   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alteration mapping; Hyperspectral; Spectroscopy; White mica

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; MAPPING; MICA; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

ALTERATION MAPPING; HYPERSPECTRAL METHODS; SPECTRAL LOGGING;

GOLD MINES;

CRATON; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; IRON OXIDE; KAOLIN; MAPPING; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; PARAGENESIS; QUARTZ VEIN; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GAWLER CRATON; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TARCOOLA;

HYPERION;

EID: 35548976256     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174327507X167028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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