This study deals with application of artificial neural networks (ANNs) on grade control at mine sites inputting both geological and geotechnical variables. Case study is Chapada copper-gold deposit (Goiás, Brazil), located in the neoproterozoic Chapada-Mara Rosa volcano-sedimentary sequence. Ore is closely related to hydrothermal alteration, structurally controlled. The geological and geotechni...

iron mineralization of kalate shahin is located 107 km on the ghoochan-neyshaboor road (in khorasan razavi province). subvolcanic intrusive bodies of quartz monzonite to monzonite porphyry intruded the cretacous limestone. sedimentary units of the area in decreasing age include cretaceous limestone and eocene and paleocene-quaternary microconglomerate to sandstone. mineralization in the region ...

The study area, located in the southern section of the Central Iranian volcano–sedimentary complex, contains a large number of mineral deposits and occurrences which is currently facing a shortage of resources. Therefore, the prospecting potential areas in the deeper and peripheral spaces has become a high priority in this region. Different direct and indirect methods try to predict promising a...

the gandy gold-base metal deposit is located in tertiary torud-chahshirin volcano-plutonic range, north of central iran. various styles of gold mineralization occur throughout the range. mineralization at gandy occurs in close spatial relation with rhyolitic domes in a caldera setting in a series of narrow brecciated veins. two mineralogically and spatially different argillic alterations have a...

Early diagenetic sediment-hosted stratiform copper (eSSC) mineralization results from low-temperature cuprous chloride complexes carried by saline aqueous solution circulating through footwall aquifers. Favorable copper solubilities are attained in moderately oxidizing, near-neutral pH solutions. That specific oxidation level is not determined by co-existence with hematite, with its near-indisc...