This online course provides theoretical and practical advice to enable:
- Improved confidence in recognising and interpreting key structures in the field and in exploration drill core.
- Improved confidence and efficiency in structural data analysis and interpretation and the incorporation in 3D modelling workflows.
- Cost-effective reduction of the inherent risk associated with exploration and mining.
Leapfrog Geo trial licenses will be provided for the Masterclass.
Date/Time
Starts: March 1 at 9am
Ends: March 3 at 1pm
Course Content
Introduction and Fundamentals
· Structural geology in the exploration and mining chain.
· Overview of the principals of structural control, permeability and fluid flow.
Structural Data Collection
· Exploration trends for mapping
· Structural and geological mapping.
· Basic principles and practical advice.
· Overview of mapping workflows and techniques.
· Pattern recognition and Interpretation.
· Current and future mapping tools.
Collecting and analysing structural data in drill core
· Structural core logging and mapping.
· Drill core orientation techniques.
· Measuring orientation and managing errors.
· Downhole geophysics, core scanning and automated logging.
· Visualizing and analysing of structural data using stereonets.
Faults and Faults Systems
· Overview of fault classification, faults networks and patterns.
· Discussion of characteristics, analysis of geometry, interaction, movement and timing.
· Kinematic analysis of faults – lineations, foliations and sense of shear.
Veins and Vein Systems
· Vein classification and analysis.
· Veins as kinematic indicators.
· Controls on geometry and plunge of orebody.
Folds and Fold Systems
· Overview of geometry and terminology.
· Analysis of folds.
· Fold sequencing and interference patterns
· Folds and Mineralisation
3D visualization and interpretation
· Explicit vs Implicit modelling
· Pattern recognition in 3D
· Uncertainty and cognitive bias
Practical Exercises
· Practical demonstrations on analysing structural data in Leapfrog Geo.
