Introduction to the special issue on spatial modelling and analysis of ore-forming processes in mineral exploration targeting

OP Kreuzer, M Yousefi, V Nykänen - Ore Geology Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Ore deposits are diverse with much of their diversity attributable to the complex interplay of
ore-forming processes with a variety of geological environments, over a range of scales and …

[HTML][HTML] Target-scale prospectivity modeling for gold mineralization within the rajapalot Au-Co project area in northern Fennoscandian Shield, Finland. Part 1 …

B Chudasama, J Torppa, V Nykänen, J Kinnunen… - Ore Geology …, 2022 - Elsevier
This two-part paper reports results of data integration using different machine learning
methods for target-scale prospectivity modeling of gold mineralization. The study area is the …

Data-driven mineral prospectivity map** by joint application of unsupervised convolutional auto-encoder network and supervised convolutional neural network

S Zhang, EJM Carranza, H Wei, K **ao, F Yang… - Natural Resources …, 2021 - Springer
The excellent performance of convolutional neural network (CNN) and its variants in image
classification makes it a potential perfect candidate for dealing with multi-geoinformation …

Supervised mineral exploration targeting and the challenges with the selection of deposit and non-deposit sites thereof

H Rahimi, M Abedi, M Yousefi, A Bahroudi… - Applied Geochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Selection of non-deposit sites is a challenging issue affecting the application of supervised
algorithms for modeling mineral exploration targets. For this, equal number of deposit and …

Combining numerical modeling and machine learning to predict mineral prospectivity: A case study from the Fankou Pb–Zn deposit, southern China

F **ao, X Chen, Q Cheng - Applied Geochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Predictive modeling of mineral prospectivity, which integrates diverse evidence of ore-
forming processes based on an ore deposit genetic model constitutes a significant task in …

Three-dimensional prospectivity modeling of the Jiaojia-type gold deposit, Jiaodong Peninsula, Eastern China: A case study of the Dayingezhuang deposit

X Mao, J Ren, Z Liu, J Chen, L Tang, H Deng… - Journal of Geochemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
The Jiaojia-type gold deposits, hosting> 80% of gold resource in the Jiaodong Peninsula,
Eastern China, are characterized by veinlet-and disseminated-style mineralization …

Evidential data integration to produce porphyry Cu prospectivity map, using a combination of knowledge and data‐driven methods

S Riahi, A Bahroudi, M Abedi, S Aslani… - Geophysical …, 2022 - earthdoc.org
Producing an accurate and valid mineral prospectivity map is one of the most significant
parts of mineral exploration studies. For this purpose, it is needed to obtain valid evidential …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the impact of conceptual mineral systems uncertainty on prospectivity predictions

MD Lindsay, AM Piechocka, MW Jessell, R Scalzo… - Geoscience …, 2022 - Elsevier
The past two decades have seen a rapid adoption of artificial intelligence methods applied
to mineral exploration. More recently, the easier acquisition of some types of data has …

[HTML][HTML] Prospectivity modelling of critical mineral deposits using a generative adversarial network with oversampling and positive-unlabelled bagging

E Farahbakhsh, J Maughan, RD Müller - Ore Geology Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The demand for critical minerals is rapidly increasing worldwide, yet future global supply
remains uncertain due to the difficulty in discovering new deposits using traditional methods …