Stavely Minerals Exploration Initiative Geoscience
The Stavely Initiative has delivered another major geoscience milestone, which further enhances the understanding of the minerals potential of the Stavely Arc in western Victoria.
Historical Mineral Exploration Data Compilation
A major compilation of historical geoscience data relating to the Stavely Arc in western Victoria is now available.
Open-file historical mineral exploration data in the Stavely Arc has been compiled by the Geological Survey of Victoria into a series of discoverable datasets, which will help improve mineral exploration targeting and efficiency in the region.
Interrogation of the datasets reveal that hundreds of kilometres of strike length of prospective Cambrian-aged rock units remain untested by mineral exploration.
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This compilation has delivered:
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30,665 surface (stream, soil and rock chip) geochemical samples
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9,951 drill holes for 291,374 metres of mineral exploration drilling
Highlights include:
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a 25% increase in mineral occurrence records
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a 91% increase in surface geochemistry sample records
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a 22% increase in the number of drill hole collar records (and a 27% increase in the actual drilling metres)
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over 153,200 drilling related lithology records
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assay records for over 47,000 drilling samples
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a centralised thin section petrographic description catalogue
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a ground geophysical survey spatial index
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improved metadata for airborne geophysical surveys index
Further information
Information on the Stavely Project, including the most recent data publications, can be accessed from Geoscience Australia and the Geological Survey of Victoria.
If you have any questions regarding Stavely geoscience data please contact Cameron Cairns, Manager, Minerals Geoscience, Geological Survey of Victoria. cameron.cairns@ecodev.vic.gov.au
For more information on the Stavely Minerals Exploration Initiative, please contact Fiona Clarke, Manager - Resource Strategy and Industry Investment, Minerals Development Victoria. fiona.clarke@ecodev.vic.gov.au
PDAC Convention - Australia Minerals Presentations
If you were unable to attend the Australia Minerals Session at the recent PDAC Convention the presentations are now available online. Included is the presentation from the Geological Survey of Victoria highlighting emerging copper and gold geoscience research and opportunities.
View the presentations here.
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