Using Tellus data to enhance targeting of volcanogenic massive sulphide mineralisation in the Tyrone Igneous Complex

Steven Hollis; Mark R. Cooper; Garth Earls; Stephen J. Roberts; Richard J. Herrington; Stephen J. Piercey

Using Tellus data to enhance targeting of volcanogenic massive sulphide mineralisation in the Tyrone Igneous Complex

Steven Hollis, Mark R. Cooper, Garth Earls, Stephen J. Roberts, Richard J. Herrington, Stephen J. Piercey

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The Tyrone Igneous Complex of Northern Ireland has been a target for base and precious metal exploration since the 1970s. Historic exploration was hampered by poor exposure and consequently a limited understanding of the local geology. Extensive new field mapping, utilising the high-resolution Tellus geophysical survey, coupled with U-Pb zircon geochronology and whole-rock geochemistry, has greatly improved our understanding of the complex and its potential to host volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) mineralisation. Targeting of Tellus and historic, geochemical and geophysical anomalies along VMS prospective stratigraphic horizons has identified new mineral occurrences and areas for further exploration. A correlation has been made with the Buchans–Robert’s Arm arc system of Newfoundland, host to numerous economic deposits.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Unearthed
Subtitle of host publication	Impacts of the Tellus surveys of the north of Ireland
Editors	Mike Young
Publisher	Royal Irish Academy
Chapter	12
Pages	93-95
ISBN (Print)	9781908996879
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Using Tellus data to enhance targeting of volcanogenic massive sulphide mineralisation in the Tyrone Igneous Complex. / Hollis, Steven; Cooper, Mark R.; Earls, Garth et al.
Unearthed: Impacts of the Tellus surveys of the north of Ireland. ed. / Mike Young. Royal Irish Academy, 2016. p. 93-95.

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Using Tellus data to enhance targeting of volcanogenic massive sulphide mineralisation in the Tyrone Igneous Complex

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