CODE | FEE | DAYS |
GM-007 | $5100 | 5 days |
Course Description
- The course provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts and processes relating to geochemistry with applications in ore exploration.
- It provides an introduction to method,technology, application conditions, design, implementation and interpretation of results from geochemical surveys and their use in predicting concealed deposits in the mineral exploration approach.
Who Should Attend ?
This course is for people with a basic to intermediate understanding of the principles of geochemical ore exploration techniques.
The course will serve as a refresher and as a way to integrate their specific knowledge into the broad technical aspects of the mineral exploration.
The course will be ideal for freshly graduated engineers, industry, government and student geologists and geophysicists.
Course Schedule
Day-1
Geochemical basic theory
- Introduction to geochemical exploration
- Geochemical background and anomaly
- The distribution of the element in the crust
- The migration of the elements
- Geochemical indicator and evaluation
Lithogeochemical survey
- Formation of primary halo
- Primary geochemical anomaly of the hydrothermal deposit
- Axial zonality succession
- Primary geochemical anomaly of themagmatic deposit
- Application of lithogeochemical survey
Day-2
Pedogeochemical survey
- Soil and the distribution of elementsin the soil
- Pedogeochemical prospecting
Stream sediment survey
- Formation and development of dispersion train
- Sampling point layoutof stream sediment survey
- Application of stream sediment survey
Hydrogeochemical survey
- Nomal chemical compositionin natural water
- Formation ofhydrochemical anomaly
- Application of hydrogeochemical surver
Day-3
Gas survey
- Formation of gas anomaly
- Mercuryhalo
- Other gas anomaly
Other geochemical methods and the new methods
- Biogeochemical survey
- Enclosuregeochemical method
- Stable isotopegeochemical method
- Airborne geochemical method
- Geochemical exploration new method
Day-4
Geochemical investigation working process
- Reconnaissance, experiment and working planning
- Sample layout
- Collection of sample
- The processing of the sample
Geochemical sample analysis
- The characteristics of geochemical samples and requirements
- Analytic error and quality control
- Introduction to the main analysis method
Day-5
Data processingand the interpretation of geochemical anomaly
- Data processing
- The interpretation of geochemical anomaly
- The application of geochemical exploration to mineral deposit exploration