Description
Discussion of how metals and rock constituents are mobilized, transported, and reprecipitated is emphasized, with course content aimed at young professionals and exploration geologists involved with interpretation of geochemical surveys and alteration-mineralization assemblages derived from exploration drilling programs. Examples of the mineralogy of weathered profiles, compared to hydrothermal alteration-mineralization assemblages, and the use of Eh-pH diagrams to explain the geochemistry of metals transport, are essential components of the practical application of geochemical principals to minerals exploration.