The giant Jiaodong gold province, with more than 5000 t of proven gold resources, is unique
in that its Mesozoic gold deposits are hosted in a Precambrian basement block. There has …

The advent of modern data collection and storage technologies has brought about a huge
increase in data volumes with both traditional and machine learning tools struggling to …

Sustainable development and the transition to a clean-energy economy drives ever-
increasing demand for base metals, substantially outstripping the discovery rate of new …

Mineral systems with their core of ore deposits require a rare conjunction of geodynamic
settings, crustal or lithospheric fertility, crustal architecture and suitable host rocks, and …

The mineral exploration industry requires new methods and tools to address the challenges
of declining mineral reserves and increasing discovery costs. Laser-induced breakdown …

Although most economic geology research is concentrated at the deposit or mineral-system
scale for a single well-defined deposit group with a consistent metal association, there are …

Since the concept of mineral systems was first proposed, there have been growing calls for
their use in deriving holistic genetic models and in assisting in exploration targeting in a …

The concept of a mineral system was first formally introduced in 1994, two decades after the
analogous petroleum system concept had been developed. Mineral systems involve:(1) …

Abstract Concept-based orogenic gold exploration requires a scale-integrated approach
using a robust mineral system model. Most genetic hypotheses for orogenic gold deposits …

The Jiaodong gold province in northeastern China is the country's premier gold resource
and globally one of the most important gold provinces. The late Early Cretaceous gold …