Processing and qualitative data analysis with views aeromagnetic exploration type hydrothermal deposits lode gold - la rioja province, Argentina

Authors

  • Gerardo Fanton Instituto Geofísico Sismológico Volponi – Universidad Nacional de San Juan.
  • Patricia Martínez Instituto Geofísico Sismológico Volponi – Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET).
  • Mario Giménez Instituto Geofísico Sismológico Volponi – Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET).

Keywords:

aeromagnetismo, lode gold, shear zones, magnetic data processing

Abstract

The interpretation of regional aeromagnetic data of the Sierras de Chepes and Ulapes-Las Minas required the use of relevant enhancement techniques to precisely define geological features that are related to the presence of gold deposits in the region. New maps of the magnetic anomalous field reduced to the pole, high-pass filter, vertical fractional derivative, analytic signal amplitude and phase of the analytical signal were used to delineate shear zones, which in this region represent the main metallogenic controlling factors.

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Fanton, G., Martínez, P., & Giménez, . M. (2014). Processing and qualitative data analysis with views aeromagnetic exploration type hydrothermal deposits lode gold - la rioja province, Argentina. Geoacta, 39(1), 30–50. Retrieved from https://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/geoacta/article/view/13468

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