Sudbury勘探模式的演变：通向下盘
Evolution of the Sudbury
Exploration Model; Pathways
to Footwall Ore
S.A.Mclean,P.Geo.
D.Richardson,P.Geo.
J.Grant,P.Geo.
R.Foy,P.Geo.
Falconbridge有限公司
2006-03-07
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Company’s intentions,expectations or predictions may be
“forward-looking statements”within the meaning of
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forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty
and that the Company’s actual results could differ
materially from those expressed orimplied in such
statements,Reference should be made to the Company’s
most recent Annual Information Form filed with Canadian
securities regulatory authorities (and available at
www.sedar.com) for a description of the major risk factors.
All production volumes and reserves and resources in metric tonnes
Sudbury Location
3D View of the
Sudbury Basin
Looking West
Sudbury
The Magnificent Sudbury Basin
Over 100 years of Mining and Exploration
1.5 billion tonnesof past production &
reserves and resources
Exploration and mining active today as
ever
Mineral deposits continue to be discovered
regularly
Sudbury Ore Environments
After; Lightfoot et.al.,1997
Value of Sudbury OreSUDBURY
Falconbridge Production
Characteristics of Footwall Deposits
Metal Zoning
Styles of Mineralization
Footwall Mineralization
Nickel Rim South –Metal Zoning
Footwall Orebodies; Metal
Fractionation
Footwall Deposit Mineralizaton
Transitional Zone (Ni-Cu) –Nickel Rim
South(Pyrrhotite-Rich Massive Sulphidein SDBX)
Footwall Deposit Mineralizaton
Footwall Mineralization; End
Members
Footwall Mineralization; FNX
Levack
Geology -SDBX
Thermal Recrystallizationof
SDBX
trendsTrends -Structure
Alteration
Genetic Models
Exploration Methods
Boot and Hammer –Mapping
Sulphides
SDBX
Structure
Geophysics
Exploration Companies -Sudbury
Basin
Comparison
Project Without FW Deposit Project With FW Deposit
Nickel Footwall Success