China University of Geosciences (beijing)

Tibet Julong Copper Co., Ltd.

Xiaofeng Liu

Song Wu

Youye Zheng

Jiancuo Luosang

Xiaofang Dou

Qiong Ci

Peng Liu

Zhuoga Suolang

Jiangang Wei

Defu Shu

Jinling Liao

Zhixin Zhang

Hongjun Cheng

Jianzhou Yi

Quansheng Shen

A method for rapid prediction of porphyry copper mineralization potential based on spectral characteristics of tourmaline, includes collecting and collating data related to magma-fluid evolution, petrography and mineralogy of a porphyry copper deposit in a working area, systematically, distinguishing magmatic tourmaline from hydrothermal tourmaline in the working area, and further distinguishing phases and generations of the hydrothermal tourmaline; collecting hydrothermal tourmaline samples of the same phase and generation; performing short-wave infrared spectroscopy measurement on the collected hydrothermal tourmaline samples; extracting spectral characteristics of the Fe—OH wavelength and Mg—OH wavelength of the tourmaline samples based on The Spectral Geologist (TSG); and when the Fe—OH wavelength is less than 2245.75 nm, and the Mg—OH wavelength is greater than 2356.57 nm in the short-wave infrared spectrum of the samples, indicating that the porphyry copper deposit in an area where the samples are located has a great metallogenic potential.

Method for rapid prediction of potential of porphyry copper mineralization based on spectral characteristics of tourmaline

The present disclosure provides a method for determining an ore-forming environment of a porphyry deposit based on a tourmaline component, including the following steps: collecting a tourmaline-containing rock in the porphyry deposit to obtain a rock sample; performing pretreatment on the rock sample to obtain a treated sample; performing an in-situ tourmaline trace element test on the treated sample to obtain a test result; performing data processing and interpretation on the test result to obtain tourmaline trace element data; establishing a discrimination factor based on the tourmaline trace element data; and determining the ore-forming environment based on the discrimination factor. The present disclosure can quickly recognize a forming environment of a newly discovered porphyry deposit, thereby summarizing a rule and quickly giving guidance for a next prospecting direction.

Method for determining ore-forming environment of porphyry deposit based on tourmaline component

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