Function and status of structural geology in the Resource industry

Basic, nuts and bolts structural geology is the unheralded success story central to brownfields exploration that in Australia, globally, has grown manyfold mineral deposits beyond start-of-mine Reserve. Since last (2012) meeting on applied Resources, topic changed dramatically. Now, practised daily house by most mining companies.KEY POINTSA diversity of settings, host rocks, control geometry make it critical document precisely rocks front geologist as distinct what a preconceived conceptual model. It detail makes for new discoveries deposit extensions.Three-dimensional computer visualisation helps with volumetric thinking, but there remains no alternative 3D cognitive geologist. Now essential data are integrated other data, product hypothesis be tested, not silver bullet. Lineations matter inform.The primary deliverable images, they hand-drawn or computer-generated showing inter-relationships structure, lithology, mineralisation mine-site infrastructure/design. With their important embedded knowledge, geologist, who took readings, should also entering, plotting synthesising, modelling presenting management Directors.