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Chopping, R. | Huston, D.L. | Korsch, R.J. | Henson, P.A. | Williams, N.C.
Abstract
New geological and geophysical data in the North Queensland region provides new insights into the geology and geodynamics of the region. One major finding from studies in North Queensland is the recognition of the eastern boundary of the Mount Isa province as a west-dipping structure within the crust. This separates the Mount Isa Province (in the west) from the Numil and Kowanyama Seismic Provinces (in the east). IOCG deposits in the North Queensland region are situated west, in the hangingwall, of the boundary with the boundary at some depth beneath them. This is an analogous location to the Olympic Dam deposit in South Australia. Potential field data allow tracking of the boundary to the north and to the south, providing insights into IOCG exploration potential in North Queensland. Advanced inversion techniques, such as mineral estimation from potential field inversion results, also allow targetting of these IOCG deposits to the south and to the north of known deposits.
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- mineral exploration
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- mineral deposits
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- geophysics
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