3D, 4D and Predictive Modelling of Major Mineral Belts in Europe (Mineral Resource Reviews)

This book presents the results of the major EU project Promine. For the first time there is now a European database available on mineral deposits, as well as 3D, 4D and predictive models of major mineral belts in Europe: Fennoscandia (Skellefteå and Vihanti-Pyhäsalmi), the Fore-Sudetic basin (Kupferschiefer deposits in Poland and Germany), the Hellenic belt in northern Greece, and the Iberian Pyrite belt and Ossa Morena zone in Spain and Portugal. The book also describes the modelling techniques applied and how different types of software are used for three- and four-dimensional modelling. Furthermore, fundamental descriptions of how to build the database structure of three-dimensional geological data are provided, and both 2D and 3D predictive models are presented for the main mineral belts of Europe. Introduction -- ProMine Mineral Databases: New Tools to Assess Primary and Secondary Mineral Resources in Europe -- 3D and 4D Geomodelling Applied to Mineral Resources’ Exploration – An Introduction -- The Vihanti-Pyhäsalmi Area -- 4D Geomodeling a Tool for Exploration – The Kupferschiefer in the Lubin region, Poland -- Modelling of the Río Tinto Area -- The Ossa Morena Zone -- 3D- and 4D-Modelling of the Hellenic Belt, Greece. edited by Pär Weihed. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 1-6 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 ProMine Mineral Databases: New Tools to Assess Primary and Secondary Mineral Resources in Europe....Pages 9-58 GST: A Network Based Datastore for Geoscience Data and Geomodels and Its Implementation—ProMine’s Contribution Towards Interoperability....Pages 59-71 3D and 4D Geomodelling Applied to Mineral Resources Exploration—An Introduction....Pages 73-89 Front Matter....Pages 91-91 The Skellefte District....Pages 93-121 The Vihanti-Pyhäsalmi Area....Pages 123-144 Front Matter....Pages 145-145 New Aspects of Copper Deposits at the Base of the Zechstein in Central Europe....Pages 147-161 4D Geomodelling A Tool for Exploration—The Kupferschiefer in The Lubin Region, Poland....Pages 163-187 Front Matter....Pages 189-189 Introduction and Geological Setting of the Iberian Pyrite Belt....Pages 191-208 Modelling of the Río Tinto Area....Pages 209-229 Modelling of the Neves Corvo Area....Pages 231-261 Modelling of the Cala area (Ossa-Morena Zone)....Pages 263-296 Front Matter....Pages 297-297 3D- and 4D-Modelling of the Hellenic Belt, Greece....Pages 299-331 3D, 4D and Predictive Modelling of Major Mineral Belts in Europe