Join us for an insightful seminar with Hojat Shirmard from the EarthByte Group. In this EarthByte Seminar Series event, Hojat will delve into the discovery of a new deep-seated world-class porphyry copper deposit named Sereydoun, which resulted from a distinctive approach to processing, analyzing, and interpreting airborne geophysical data and satellite images in the cluster of Sarcheshmeh copper porphyry mine.
More details are below:
Seminar Details:
- Date: Wednesday, 7th February, 2024
- Time: 11 am – 12 pm AEDT
- Location: Geoscience Conference Room 449 and online
- Zoom Link: https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/84170504726
A New Integration Approach Led to the Discovery of a New Deep-seated World-class Porphyry Copper Deposit
The discovery of a new deep-seated world-class porphyry copper deposit named Sereydoun resulted from a distinctive approach to processing, analyzing, and interpreting airborne geophysical data and satellite images in the cluster of Sarcheshmeh copper porphyry mine. This area, which was becoming a tailings dump for the Sarcheshmeh mine, has now become one of Iran’s largest porphyry copper deposits after drilling more than 100,000 meters of exploration boreholes, with a reserve of approximately 3.5 billion tons of copper, an average grade of 0.4%, and a cutoff grade of 0.15%. Several porphyry and epithermal copper and gold potential regions were also introduced for further investigation. Following the lithogeochemical survey, interpretation, and integration of the data, the ideal exploratory drilling locations for Sereydoun were determined. The approach used in this study can play a significant role in other places looking for epithermal and deep porphyry copper and gold deposits.
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