The objectives of the Synthesis of Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration Methods module are to provide a current synthesis of the theory, technologies and methodologies of geophysical and geochemical methods of detecting the different deposit types and/or their typical geological settings as described by the mineral deposit syntheses. These methods will be illustrated by case examples where appropriate.

The major methods considered here are:

• Geophysics
  • Airborne and ground magnetics
  • Airborne and ground electromagnetics
  • Airborne and ground radiometics
    
    
• Seismic methods
  
  
• Geochemistry
  • Till mineralogy and geochemistry
  • Stream sediment and water geochemistry

The major areas of geoscience addressed by each synthesis are listed below. However, not all of these area are populated for each synthesis because of a number of factors that include availability of data (e.g. case histories for all deposit-types) and knowledge (e.g. research on the applications of all exploration methods for all deposit-types).

• Overview of the exploration method
  
  
• Applicability of the method to each deposit-type
  • Kimberlite diamond
  • Lode gold deposits
  • Ni-Cu-PGE deposits (magmatic)
  • VMS deposits
  • SEDEX base metal deposits
  • MVT Pb-Zn deposits
  • Porphyry deposits
  • Unconformity Uranium deposits
  • Iron Oxide Copper-Gold (IOCG) deposits
    
    
• Identification of knowledge gaps in survey coverage that inhibit recognition of favourable geotectonic environments, potential metallogenetic districts, or individual mineral deposits
  
  
• Identification of knowledge gaps in methodology research and emerging technologies of the different methods