September/October 2002

September/October 2002
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News & Updates

Expanded Coverage on Vision Underground: Mining & Technology

By Cara Woudenberg · Online Editor

Online Resources | Photographs | Back to Original article

 

Online Resources

Montana Alluvial Sapphires/Trace Element Analysis: Mary I. Garland, Geology, University of Toronto
GPR Research: Tourmaline-bearing pegmatites at the Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, CA: Jeffrey E. Patterson and Frederick A. Cook of The University of Calgary, Department of Geology and Geophysics
GPR operations at the Cruzeiro tourmaline mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Mineracao de Alta Tecnologia Ltda. and Jungle-Gems

Sensors & Software
• Specializes in GPR applications and services, providing unique GPR solutions for real-world applications
• Features online GPR resources, including glossaries, case studies, and photographs
• Offers equipment rentals, customer service and support, and training and education

Associated Mining Consultants Ltd. (AMCL)
• Provides comprehensive consulting and engineering services to the minerals and
energy sectors
• Offers a full spectrum of mining and geological services using methods like seismic refraction, seismic reflection, and GPR
• Provides specialist technical services in areas such as geological and mining engineering, mine planning and design, and management, economics and finance

The International Mining Consultants Group (IMC Group)
• An independent, international group, offering a broad range of consultancy and technical services in areas like geophysical exploration, mining and minerals, engineering and project management, energy, and the environment
• A network of specialist companies that share skills, expertise, and experience to provide cost-effective and practical solutions to clients throughout the world

Radar Technologies France
• Provides radar satellite imagery, digital image processing, interpretation and map making to the resource industries, including mining
• Uses radar imagery as an efficient way to save time and money when prospecting over extended or hostile mining regions

CSIRO Exploration and Mining/Mantle Petrology Group
• Focuses on petrological and geochemical studies of mantle-derived rocks and minerals, with a special emphasis on trace elements
• Applications of the research range from the tactical, e.g. evaluation of the economic potential of diamond-exploration targets, through larger questions of area selection for diamonds and a range of other commodities, to fundamental aspects of Earth evolution

 

Photographs

Low-frequency GPR survey being employed for gemstone exploration at a site in South America. Photos courtesy Jan Francke, Associated Mining Consultants Ltd.

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