the digital metallogenic map of south america at 1:5.000.000 scale
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Presentation of the THE DIGITAL METALLOGENIC MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA 1:5.000.000 scale. IGC 32 Florence, ItalyTRANSCRIPT
THE DIGITAL METALLOGENIC MAP THE DIGITAL METALLOGENIC MAP
OF SOUTH AMERICAOF SOUTH AMERICA
1:5.000.000 scale1:5.000.000 scale
Eduardo O. Zappettini and Gabriel Asato
SERVICIO GEOLOGICO MINERO ARGENTINO
Florence, August 2004
OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES
Promoting organizations: CGMW - ASGMIGeneral coordination: Geological and Mining Survey of ArgentinaLocal Coordinations: National Geological Surveys of South America
ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVEDORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED
THE DIGITAL METALLOGENIC MAP THE DIGITAL METALLOGENIC MAP
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Educational: To promote the knowledge of the mineral resources of the ContinentTo integrate and update the metallogenic knowledge of South AmericaTo contribute to the preparation of the Metallogenic Map of the World
WORKINGWORKING GROUP: 68 geologists – 4 techniciansGROUP: 68 geologists – 4 technicians
General Coordination Eduardo Zappettini (SEGEMAR)
National Coordinators
Argentina: Eduardo Zappettini (SEGEMAR)Bolivia: Carlos Riera Kilibarda (SERGEOMIN)
Brazil: Carlos Schobbenhaus (CPRM)Chile: Waldo Vivallo (SERNAGEOMIN)
Colombia: Rosalba Salinas (INGEOMINAS)Ecuador: Guillermo Rosero (DINAGE)
Paraguay: Maria Eugenia González (DM Paraguay)Peru: Manuel Paz (INGEMMET)
Uruguay: Humberto Pirelli (DINAMIGE)Venezuela: Rosario Bajo de Osuna (INGEOMIN)
Databases Coordination
Susana Segal (SEGEMAR).
Digital cartography and GIS coordinationCarlos Gabriel Asato (SEGEMAR)
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Geographic Information System
Tectonostratigraphic units
Inventory of mineral resources
Associated databases
THE PRODUCTTHE PRODUCT
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DEPOSITS CLASSIFICATIONDEPOSITS CLASSIFICATION
Deposits associated with mafic and ultramafic intrusions in tectonically stable areas
Deposits associated with mafic and ultramafic intrusions in tectonically unstable areas
Deposits associated with alkaline rocks and systems
Deposits associated with mafic continental volcanism
Pegmatites
Deposits associated with granites
Porphyry type deposits
Metasomatic deposits (including greissens and skarns)
Deposits associated with mesosilicic to acid volcanics and subvolcanics in a continental domain
Deposits associated with clastic sediments
Deposits associated with carbonate sediments
Deposits associated with carbonate sediments-BIF
Deposits associated with chemical sediments
Deposits associated with biogenic sediments
Deposits associated with dehydration and metamorphic segregation fluids
Deposits associated with metamorphic crystallization
Residual deposits
Deposits associated with submarine volcanism and volcanosedimentary marine sequences
Placer deposits
DEPOSIT CLANS
Cr, Ni, Co, Ti, Fe-Ti-V, Cu-Ni
Dimensional stones (granite, travertine, marble, flatsones, etc.)
U, U-V-Cu, Th, REE, Nb, Ta, Be, Li, Zr
Gemstones (diamond, sapphire, amethyst, topaz, tourmaline, emerald, aquamarine, etc.)
Sn, Sn-Ag, W, Mo, Bi, Sb
Ba, F, Sr
Industrial Minerals (Al silicates, garnet, wollastonite, asbest, talc, clays, bentonite, grafite, industrial diamonds, sulfur, perlite, etc.)
Phosphates, magnesite, Na, K, B, Li (salts), gypsum, nitrates
Al (bauxite)
Fe, Mn
Pb-Ag-Zn, Pb-Zn, Pb, Zn
Au, Au-Ag, PGE, Au-Cu, As, Se, Te, Hg
Cr, Cu, Cu-Pb-Zn, Cu-Ag, Cu-Au, Cu-Mo
COMMODITIES
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DEPOSIT MODEL CLASSIFICATION (USGS)
Model N° MODEL NAME 1 STILLWATER NI~CU 2A BUSHVELD CHROMITITE 2B MERENSKY REEF PGE3 BUSHVELD FE -TI-V4A CU-NI PIPES4B PGE PIPES 5A DULUTH CU -NI-PGE5B NORIL'SK CU -NI-PGE6A KOMATIITIC NI -CU 6B DUNITIC NI -CU 7A SYNOROGENIC -SYNVOLCANIC NI -CU7B ANORTHOSITE -TI 8A PODIFORM CHROMITE8B MAJOR PODIFORM CHROMITE8C LIMASSOL FOREST CO -NI 8D SERPENTINE -HOSTED ASBESTOS8E SERPENTINITE -HOSTED MAGNESITE8F SERPENTINITE -HOSTED TALC -MAGNESITE8G ULTRAMAFIC -HOSTED TALC8J VERDE ANTIQUE9 ALASKAN PGE10 CARBONATITE
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Size limits (tons of metal/mineral contained except otherwise indicated) Element
1-2 2-3 3-4 Ag 250 5,000 10,000 Al (Bauxite) 10,000,000 100,000,000 1,000,000,000 Amethyst (gem quality, kg) 500 5,000 10,000 Andalousite 1,000,000 5,000,000 Asbestos 100,000 2,000,000 10,000,000 Au 25 250 5,000 Barite 50,000 5,000,000 20,000,000 Bauxite (refractory) 100,000 2,500,000 15,000,000 Be (oxide) 100 1,000 10,000 Bentonite 500,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 Bi 100 1,000 10,000 Bitumen 10,000,000 100,000,000 500,000,000 Borates (B2O3) 500,000 10,000,000 100,000,000 Celestite 100,000 500,000 2,500,000 Clays 500,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 Co 1,000 20,000 100,000 Corundm (gem, kg) 25 500 1,000 Corundum 20,000 500,000 1,000,000 Cr 50,000 1,000,000 100,000,000 Cu 50,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 Diamond 1 10 15 Diatomite 100,000 2,000,000 20,000,000 Dimensional stones 5,000,000 20,000,000 100,000,000 Dolostone 5,000,000 20,000,000 100,000,000 Emerald (gem quality, kg) 25 500 1000
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Specific symbology
Color: Au
External ring
Deposit size
Placer type deposit, medium size
Deposit Clan
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Look Up Table Archivo de Simbolos
SIMBOLOYAC_COD
Look_up_table
YacimientosCobertura Arc-Info
YAC_COD
Metal.mrk
Arc-info coverage Deposits Symbols fileLook up table
Symbols are generated from the database with an AML programThe diagram shows the relationship between data and symbology
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Magmatic units 1. Forearc volcanism2. Forearc plutonism3. Arc volcanism4. Arc plutonism5. Back arc volcanism6. Back arc plutonism7. Extensional volcanism8. Extensional plutonism9. Syncollisional volcanism10. Syncollisional plutonism11. Postcollisional or postorogenic volcanism12. Postcollisional or postorogenic plutonism13. Intraplate volcanism14. Intraplate plutonism15. Rapakivi granites16. Island arc magmatism (with or without interbedded sediments)17. Ophiolitic complex, oceanic basalt,ofiolitic mélange 18. Stratified mafic complex19. Greenstone belts20. Kimberlites21. Carbonatites22. Alkaline complexes
Sedimentary sequences 1. Plataform deposits2. Continental passive margin deposits 3. Transitional margin deposits (passive to active)4. Talus deposits5. Accretionary prism deposits6. Fore arc deposits7. Intraarc deposits8. Back arc deposits9. Foreland basin deposits10. Marginal basin deposits11. Intracratonic basin deposits12. Rift deposits13. Termal subsidence (SAG) deposits14. Oblique flexural basin deposits15. Pull apart basin deposits Unclassified metamorphic units 1. Sedimentary or volcano-sedimentary metamorphosed units2. Igneous metamorphosed units3. Volcanic metamorphosed units4. Plutonic metamorphosed units
TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHIC UNITS CLASSIFICATIONTECTONOSTRATIGRAPHIC UNITS CLASSIFICATION
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Mineral deposits info
Resources and grades info
Look up tables
Query tool
DATABASE SOFTWARE: World Mineral Geoscience Database Project DATABASE SOFTWARE: World Mineral Geoscience Database Project
Comprehensive database including information of more than 1,500 deposits
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OF SOUTH AMERICAOF SOUTH AMERICAMETALLIC PROVINCES AND BELTSMETALLIC PROVINCES AND BELTS
A second database has beenincorporated in the GIS,including more than 27,000deposits, in order to facilitate theProduction of thematic mapsshowing provinces, belts andDistricts.
Information contained:
• Country• Deposit name• Coordinates• Commodities
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The first map: Stappenbeck, 1926
This version
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From the GIS two main products will begenerated:
1. The metallogenic map at 1:5.000.0002. A deposits query system
Other derivated thematic products can begenerated like:
1. Metallogenic atlas2. Thematic maps for specific deposit
types or tectonic environments
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PRODUCT AVAILABILITYPRODUCT AVAILABILITY
PRELIMINARY GIS
available in the WEB site of SEGEMAR by December 2004
PRESENTATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FINAL PRODUCTS:
CGMW MEETING - PARIS, 2006BUENOS AIRES, 2006