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National mineral potential assessment for sediment-hosted copper mineral systems in Australia Version 1.0
<div>Sediment-hosted copper (Cu) mineral systems are important sources of base metals and critical minerals such as cobalt that are vital to delivering Australia’s low-carbon economy. In Australia, sediment-hosted Cu resources account for ~11% of the total Cu resources. Given their significance to the Australian economy, national-scale mineral potential models for sediment-hosted Cu have been developed. In addition to the potential for sediment-hosted Cu mineralisation, the uncertainty related to data availability has been examined. Three mineral potential</div><div>models derived from the combination of two mineral systems have been derived from a large volume of precompetitive geoscience data combined with mineral systems expertise, each using a different combination of input maps to assess the influence of incomplete data on the results. The mineral potential models successfully predict the location of major sediment-hosted stratiform Cu and Mount Isa-type Cu deposits while highlighting new areas of elevated prospectivity in under-explored regions of Australia, reducing the exploration search space</div><div>by up to ~84%.</div>
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- Date (Creation)
- 2022-12-21T07:00:00
- Date (Publication)
- 2023-08-14T23:26:57
- Citation identifier
- Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/147539
- Citation identifier
- Digital Object Identifier/https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/147539
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Publisher Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Author Cloutier, J.
External Contact Author Ford, A.
Internal Contact Author Huston, D.
Internal Contact Author Doublier, M.
Internal Contact Author Schofield, A.
Internal Contact Author Waltenberg, K.
Internal Contact Author de Caritat, P.
Internal Contact Author Fraser, G.
Internal Contact Author Beyer, E.
Internal Contact Author Bastrakov, E.
Internal Contact Author Czarnota, K.
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National-scale mineral potential maps for sediment-hosted Cu have been developed that incorporate sediment-hosted stratiform Cu and Mount Isa-type Cu mineral systems. In addition to the potential for the copper mineralisation, the uncertainty related to data availability has been examined. The mineral potential maps were created using a mineral systems-based approach where mappable components have been used to assess the prospectivity of each system. Each mineral potential map has been derived from a large volume of multidisciplinary precompetitive geoscience data. The mineral potential maps successfully predict the location of major sediment hosted stratiform Cu and Mount Isa-type Cu deposits while highlighting new areas of elevated prospectivity in under-explored regions of Australia, reducing the exploration search space for sediment-hosted Cu mineral systems.
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- Completed
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Resource provider Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division
External Contact Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Point of contact Ford, A.
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- Geoscientific information
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- Not planned
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Data Store directory containing the digital product files
Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes
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EFTF – Exploring for the Future
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Australia’s Resources Framework
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Mineral potential
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sediment-hosted base metals
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mineral systems
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Earth Sciences
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Data mining and knowledge discovery
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
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CC-BY
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4.0
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© Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience) 2022
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Australian Government Security Classification System
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- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
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- Unclassified
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Australian Government Security Classification System
Associated resource
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- Was informed by
- Title
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Sediment-hosted base metal mineral potential maps
- Citation identifier
- 147425
- Citation identifier
- c3e67a9d-7109-404c-9717-1c5da2c3599c
Associated resource
- Association Type
- Larger work citation
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National mineral potential for sediment-hosted zinc-lead mineral systems in Australia Version 1.0
- Citation identifier
- 147540
- Citation identifier
- f1c704a9-7a53-43ad-977f-c2e8ad6f1f5e
Associated resource
- Association Type
- Larger work citation
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Basin ranking analysis for sediment-hosted base metal mineral systems in Australia
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- 147541
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- 15a848dc-1b0e-4cb0-bc83-af8b095ac0ec
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Distributor Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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Extended Abstract for download (pdf) [2.28 MB]
Extended Abstract for download (pdf) [2.28 MB]
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pdf
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<div>Multiple national-scale geological and geophysical datasets were used as the basis for generating novel mappable criteria for distinct mineral system components. These have been integrated into a a series of coherent products to assess mineral prospectivity.</div>
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Australian Government Security Classification System
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- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Point of contact Ford, A.
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GA Abstract / Fact Sheet
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- Citation identifier
- eCatId/147539
- Date info (Creation)
- 2023-08-10T04:11:44
- Date info (Revision)
- 2023-08-10T04:11:44
Metadata standard
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AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014
Metadata standard
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ISO 19115-1:2014
Metadata standard
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ISO 19115-3
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Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014
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Version 2.0, September 2018
- Citation identifier
- http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551