Multi-Media Geochemical Exploration in the Critical Zone: A Case Study over the Prairie and Wolf Zn–Pb Deposits, Capricorn Orogen, Western Australia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Study Area
2. Methods and Materials
2.1. Plant Samples
2.2. Groundwater
2.3. Soil, Ore and Ferro-Manganese Crust Samples
2.4. Data Processing
3. Results
3.1. Plant Samples
3.2. Groundwater Samples
3.3. Soil and Ferro-Manganese Crust Samples
4. Discussion
4.1. Controls on Geochemical Dispersion of Elements from Mineralization to Different Near-Surface Sample Media at Surface
4.2. Comparison of Metal Signatures in Near-Surface Sample Media
4.3. Implications for Exploration
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Henne, A.; Reid, N.; Thorne, R.L.; Spinks, S.C.; Pinchand, T.; White, A. Multi-Media Geochemical Exploration in the Critical Zone: A Case Study over the Prairie and Wolf Zn–Pb Deposits, Capricorn Orogen, Western Australia. Minerals 2021, 11, 1174. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111174
Henne A, Reid N, Thorne RL, Spinks SC, Pinchand T, White A. Multi-Media Geochemical Exploration in the Critical Zone: A Case Study over the Prairie and Wolf Zn–Pb Deposits, Capricorn Orogen, Western Australia. Minerals. 2021; 11(11):1174. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111174
Chicago/Turabian StyleHenne, Anicia, Nathan Reid, Robert L. Thorne, Samuel C. Spinks, Tenten Pinchand, and Alistair White. 2021. "Multi-Media Geochemical Exploration in the Critical Zone: A Case Study over the Prairie and Wolf Zn–Pb Deposits, Capricorn Orogen, Western Australia" Minerals 11, no. 11: 1174. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11111174