GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Exploration geochemistry aims to enlarge the target size of mineral exploration by establishing and discovering the chemical and mineral signals of economically valuable deposits. In near-mine exploration, the primary concentration halo around any deposit is used to vector toward the potential ore body.

Detailed explanation-2: -Geochemical exploration is any method of mineral or petroleum exploration that utilizes systematic measurements of one or more chemical properties of a naturally occurring material. The materials analyzed most commonly are rock, soil, stream and lake sediment, natural waters, vegetation and soil air.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are now three major types of exploration methods: (1) surface methods such as geologic feature mapping and detection of seepages, (2) area surveys of gravity and magnetic fields, and (3) seismographic methods.

Detailed explanation-4: -In geochemical surveys targeting mineral resources exploration, geochemical samples as stream sediments (fine sands), soils (subsoil or saprolite) and rocks (hydrothermal or mineralized alteration rocks) are collected based on the exploration stage, and are sent for chemical analysis.