This course is designed for explorers seeking an integrated approach to structural geology and GIS for the 2D and 3D vectorization of mineral deposits. Updated with practical QGIS workflows for target generation and applied structural geology exercises, it incorporates insights gained from annual delivery since 2019.

Registrations at https://klsgeo.com/SC75.htm

A course for explorers that seek an integrated approach to structural geology and GIS for the 2D and 3D vectorization of mineral deposits. The course includes daily practical sessions on GIS, digital mapping and stereographic techniques for structural interpretation and analysis.

Registrations at https://klsgeo.com/SC66.htm

A 3-day course for explorers that seek an integrated approach to structural geology and GIS for the 2D and 3D vectorization of mineral deposits. The course includes daily practical sessions on GIS, digital mapping and stereographic techniques for structural interpretation and analysis.

Registrations at https://klsgeo.com/SC58.htm

An MDRU 2-day course intended for explorers who want to delve into a modern structural geology look that integrates tectonic, structural, geophysical, geochemical and metallogenic concepts for the vectorization of mineral deposits. The course includes daily practical sessions on GIS, digital mapping and stereographic techniques for structural interpretation and analysis.

19-20 March 2020.

Registrations at https://www.mdru.ubc.ca/events/sc109/

This 3-day course is intended for explorers who want to delve into a modern structural geology look that integrates tectonic, structural, geophysical, geochemical and metallogenic concepts for the vectorization of mineral deposits. The course includes daily practical sessions on GIS, digital mapping and stereographic techniques for structural interpretation and analysis.

We will present key case examples of structural interpretation of magnetic data of public datasets.

The systematic incorporation of structural aspects to the mapping and interpretation of geological data, geophysical and geochemical data at different scales is a fundamental piece for selecting the area to be explored and, ultimately, for the successful generation of exploration targets. The main objective of this course is to disseminate basic concepts of structural geology and field techniques for more comprehensive understanding and characterization of structural controls on mineralization. The course provides a look at the nomenclature associated with the development of normal, reverse and strike-slip fault systems and their relationship with hydrothermal systems and emplacement of intrusions. Additionally, the course will include GIS techniques for interpreting remote sensing data, including magnetometry, seismic reflection, satellite imagery and digital elevation models. Special emphasis is placed on the ability to recognize, outline and understand, at different scales, the styles and types of fault and fracture associated with the emplacement and architecture of porphyry and epithermal systems in the Andes and western Anatolia.

La incorporación sistemática de aspectos estructurales al mapeo e interpretación de data geológica, geoquímica y geofísica en diferentes escalas es pieza fundamental para la selección del terreno a explorar y, últimamente, para la generación exitosa de blancos de exploración. El objetivo principal de este curso es difundir conceptos básicos de geología estructural y técnicas de terreno para la mejor comprensión y caracterización del control estructural de la mineralización. El curso entrega una mirada a la nomenclatura asociada al desarrollo de sistemas de fallas de rumbo, inversas y extensionales, sistemas de fractura y su relación con sistemas hidrotermales y emplazamiento de intrusiones. Adicionalmente, se incorporan técnicas de interpretación de data de sensores remoto, incluyendo magnetometría, sísmica de reflexión, imágenes satelitales y modelos de elevación digital. El curso coloca especial énfasis en la habilidad de reconocer, delinear y entender, a diferentes escalas, los estilos y tipos de falla y fractura asociados al emplazamiento y arquitectura de pórfidos y epitermales en los Andes. Este curso está dirigido a exploradores que desean profundizar en una mirada estructural actual que integra conceptos tectónicos, metalogénicos y geofísicos para la vectorización de depósitos minerales.

Major metallogenic terrains are known to be important locations for a variety of mineral deposit styles and commodities. As explorers are challenged to find more and better quality deposits, it is becoming critical to understand these settings in more detail than has been done in the past. High quality pre‐competitive geophysical data sets that can be used to assist in terrain assessments are increasing available in a number of locations around the world. The workshop will highlight where these data sets are becoming available and provide some suggestions as to how these data sets can be used to best advantage.
Presenters:
Pete Betts: Monash University- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Matias Sanchez: Fault Rocks-Vancouver, BC
Stephan Thiel: Geological Survey of South Australia-Adelaide, SA, Australia
Vicki Tschirhart: NRC-GSC-Ottawa, ON
Ken Witherly: Condor Consulting-Denver, CO, USA
Jon Woodhead: Consultant- Denver, CO, USA

Epithermal Au-(Ag) and porphyry Cu-Au-(Mo) mineralization of the Biga Peninsula in northwestern Turkey occurs in a district comprised of NE- to ENE-trending metamorphic horst blocks separated by half-graben volcano-sedimentary basins. These developed as a result of rollback of the northward-subducting African slab during the Eocene, Oligocene, and Miocene. We propose that epithermal and porphyry systems occupy distinct, favorable positions within the overall extensional architecture and fault/fracture array. High- and lowsulfidation epithermal alteration systems, along with related quartz veins, preferentially occupy half-graben basins and border faults. These epithermal systems are found above a core complex detachment fault system, forming major strata-bound silicified zones fed by steeply dipping extensional faults and associated fractures above inferred intrusions. At greater depths and higher pressure and temperature conditions, porphyry-style alteration systems are spatially associated with porphyritic stocks that occur in close association with plutonic bodies. These plutons have intruded the footwall of ductile to brittle extensional faults and spatially and temporally link to metamorphic core complex exhumation. Episodic changes in the tectonic stress resulted in pulses of crustal extension that favored porphyry-type and high-sulfidation-style mineralization during mid to late stages of Eocene and Oligocene extensional tectonic phases. On the other hand, the early stages of each extensional phase promoted higher structural permeability, enabling the development of vein systems and low-sulfidation epithermal-style mineralization. Postemplacement crustal extension resulted in “domino-style” block rotations and half-graben formation throughout the Miocene and Pliocene. Since the early Pliocene, the westward propagation of the North Anatolian fault has resulted in dextral transtension in the Biga Peninsula and, as a result, postmineralization structural dismemberment of deposits and alteration systems is common.