In order to improve our understanding of the mineral potential of northern Vancouver Island beyond the wellknown intrusion-related Cu-Au-Ag(-Mo) porphyry deposits (e.g., Hushamu, MINFILE 092L 240 and the former Island Copper mine, MINFILE 092L 158) and base and precious-metal skarns (e.g., Merry Widow, MINFILE 092L 044), we need a better understanding of the stratigraphy of the Bonanza island a...

The Tethyan Himalaya is the fourth metallogenic belt discovered to date within Tibetan Plateau and contains chromite, gold Sb–polymetallic mineralization. records a series of complex tectonic–magmatic events that include break-up, subduction, collision, detachment, obduction Eastern Gondwana continent, all which generated ideal conditions for ore formation. However, this area remains under-expl...

The paper proposes an approach to optimize the connection weights and network structure of BP neural network (BPNN) which based on improved particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm. For each network structure, the algorithm generates a series of particles which consist of connection weights and threshold values, and selects the best network structure according to the improved PSO algorithm. ...

The Sanjiang Tethyan Metallogenic Domain refers to the Hengduan Mountain Range where Nujiang River, Lancang River and Jinsha run side by side, spanning western Yunnan, Sichuan, eastern Tibet southern Qinghai, including Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, with an area of about 50 × 104 km2. range belongs part global Tethys-Himalayan Tectonic structurally, which is in region Gondwana Eu...

As an important tectonic unit of Eastern Tethyan domain, Sanjiang orogenic belt started from the expansion, subduction, subtraction and closure Paleozoic Paleo-Tethys Ocean, went through opening Neo-Tethys Ocean subduction collision process Indian continent ended in Himalayan comprehensive intracontinental convergence uplift orogeny, forming a giant composite composed several island arc belts s...

The eastern Lut block of Iran has a high potential for porphyry copper mineralization due to the subduction tectonic regime. It is located in an inaccessible region and harsh arid conditions traditional mineral exploration campaigns. objective this study use Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) remote sensing data Simorgh Area, Iran. Hydrothermal alteration zones s...