Geological and geochemical field techniques in mineral exploration
August 2024 (to be decided)PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
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02.08.2024 |
Arrival day |
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17:00 |
Arrival to Ruka |
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18:00 |
Accommodation, dinner and preparations for the course (e.g., introduction, participants, forming teams, equipment and safety issues) (Pertti Sarala) |
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03.08.2024 |
DAY THEME: EXPLORATION BASICS AND VISIT IN THE TRAINING AREA (Pertti Sarala and Irmeli Huovinen, OULU) |
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09:00 |
Lectures: Course aims, lectures (e.g., regional geological overview and glaciation history in brief), introduction to training areas (teachers / exploration company) |
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12:00 |
Lunch |
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12:45 |
Excursion (geology and morphology of the target area, drill rig visit, key outcrop visits) |
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18:00 |
Return to Ruka, dinner and GIS works in teams |
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04.08.2024 |
DAY THEME: SAMPLING OF QUATERNARY DEPOSITS (Pertti Sarala and Irmeli Huovinen, OULU) |
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09:00 |
Lectures: Soil sampling methods in glaciated terrains and soil geochemical exploration |
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10:00 |
Field work: Till and weak leach sampling, biogeochemistry; portable analysers. Teams operate separately |
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Field lunch |
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17:00 |
Return to Ruka and Team work (handling new samples + Heavy mineral separation) |
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19:00 |
Dinner |
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05.08.2024 |
DAY THEME: BEDROCK MAPPING AND BOULDER HUNTING (Jukka-Pekka Ranta, Irmeli Huovinen and Pertti Sarala, OULU) |
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08:30 |
Lectures: Principles of outcrop mapping and boulder hunting |
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09:00 |
Field work: Outcrop mapping and boulder hunting; portable analysers. Teams operate separately |
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Field lunch |
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17:00 |
Return to Ruka and Dinner |
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18:30 |
Lectures (e.g., exploration strategies and planning, tomorrow's program) |
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19:00 |
Team work (GIS-work and database filling operations) |
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06.08.2024 |
DAY THEME: ORE EXPLORATION AND STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY (Jukka-Pekka Ranta and Irmeli Huovinen, OULU) |
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08:30 |
Lectures: Principles of ore geological mapping and structural geology |
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09:30 |
Field work: Ore geological mapping and basics of the structural geology. Teams operate separately |
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Field lunch |
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17:30 |
Return to Ruka and Dinner |
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19:00 |
Team work (handling new samples + GIS-work) |
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07.08.2024 |
DAY THEME: GEOPHYSICS (Kari Moisio, OULU) |
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08:30 |
Lectures: The role of geophysics in exploration |
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09:30 |
Field work: Demonstrations and one actual field survey (e.g., magnetic method) |
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Field lunch |
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13:00 |
Field work: Demonstrations and one actual field survey (e.g., electric resistivity and GPR method) |
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18:00 |
Return to Ruka |
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19:00 |
Networking |
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08.08.2024 |
DAY THEME: GEOPHYSICS (Kari Moisio, OULU) |
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09:00 |
Field work: Demonstrations and 1-2 actual field surveys (e.g., gravity methods) |
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Field lunch |
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13:00 |
Field work: Demonstrations and 1-2 actual field surveys (e.g., seismic methods) |
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18:00 |
Dinner |
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19:00 |
Team work (focus in GIS-work, data analysis and reporting) |
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09.08.2024 |
DAY THEME: SUMMARY AND FEEDBACK (Pertti Sarala and Irmeli Huovinen, OULU) |
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08:00 |
Lectures: Team tasks given |
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08:30 |
All works finalised and reported |
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10:00 |
Teams present their results |
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11:30 |
Summing up and feedback discussion |
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12:00 |
Check out from accommodation and Lunch |
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13:00 |
Leave from Ruka |
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16:30 |
Arrival to Oulu |