Querying Potential Field Inversions for Signatures of Chemical Alteration: An Example From Cobar, NSW

Richard Chopping; Simon E. van der Wielen

doi:10.1071/ASEG2009ab107

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oa Querying Potential Field Inversions for Signatures of Chemical Alteration: An Example From Cobar, NSW
Authors Richard Chopping^a and Simon E. van der Wielen^b
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^a pmd*CRC, Geoscience, Australia, , GPO Box 378, Canberra, , ACT 2601, [email protected] ^b [email protected]
Publisher: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Source: ASEG Extended Abstracts, Volume 2009, Issue ASEG2009 - 20th Geophysical Conference, Dec 2009, p. 1 - 8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/ASEG2009ab107
- Published online: 01 Dec 2009

Abstract

Introduction

Major metal resources, predominantly gold and base metals, are hosted in the Cobar region, in the Central Lachlan Orogen of NSW, (Figure 1). The Predictive Mineral Discovery Cooperative Research Centre (pmd*CRC) Til Cobar project was a two-year, one-on-one project between the pmd*CRC NSW DPI and five mining companies in the Cobar region: CBH Resources Ltd., Cobar Management Pty Ltd., Peak Gold Mines, Triako Resources Ltd. and Tritton Resources Ltd.

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Keyword(s): 3D models; alteration; base metal exploration; Cobar; potential field inversion

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