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Data integration for greenfields exploration: an example from the East Tennant region, Northern Territory
It is increasingly recognised that, to maintain a sustainable pipeline of mineral resources in Australia, future discoveries will need to be made in areas obscured by more recent cover sequences. A major challenge to mineral exploration in covered frontiers is identifying new prospective fairways, and understanding and mapping important metallogenic processes at a range of scales to enable more effective targeting of exploration. Here, we present evidence for a completely buried corridor of interpreted high prospectivity—the East Tennant region—based on synthesis and integration of a diverse range of geoscientific datasets. Key indicators of the region’s potential include lithospheric-scale architecture, elevated electrical conductivity in the crust and mantle, and modelled and demonstrated hydrothermal alteration in the near surface. Multiscale geophysical surveys show evidence for crustal-scale fluid flow along major structures, connecting the mantle with the surface. Although few geological constraints exist in this region, examination of legacy drillcore and geochronology results demonstrates a similar history to rocks known to host mineralisation across the North Australian Craton. These results provide tantalising indications that the under-explored East Tennant region has significant potential to host major mineral systems.
<b>Citation: </b>Schofield, A., Clark, A., Doublier, M.P., Murr, J., Skirrow, R., Goodwin, J., Cross, A. J., Pitt, L., Duan, J., Jiang, W., Wynne, P., O’Rourke, A., Czarnota, K., and I. C. Roach., 2020. Data integration for greenfields exploration: an example from the East Tennant region, Northern Territory. In: Czarnota, K., Roach, I., Abbott, S., Haynes, M., Kositcin, N., Ray, A. and Slatter, E. (eds.) Exploring for the Future: Extended Abstracts, Geoscience Australia, Canberra, 1–4.
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- 2020-02-13
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- 2020-06-11T00:57:11
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- Digital Object Identifier/http://dx.doi.org/10.11636/134444
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Author Schofield, A.
Author Clark, A.
Author Doublier, M.P.
Author Murr, J.
Author Skirrow, R.G.
Author Goodwin, J.A.
Author Cross, A.J.
Author Pitt, L.
Author Duan, J.
Author Jiang, W.
Author Wynne, P.
Author O’Rourke, A.
Author Czarnota, K.
Author Roach, I.C.
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Extended abstract to be included in Exploring for the Future abstracts volume
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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Mineral systems
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Data integration
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Greenfields
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Mineral exploration
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Pre-competitive
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Exploring for the Future
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Extended Abstract for download (pdf) [2.5MB]
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Interpretations presented as part of this study have been derived from synthesis and integration of a range of multi-disciplinary data collected as part of the Exploring for the Future program, in addition to existing legacy data for the region.
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