Publications

September 3, 2019
Ground Magnetic Operators about to commence survey.

Ground Magnetic Survey Capabilities

August 29, 2019
Stream Sediment Sampling

Regolith influence on mineral exploration sampling media, Northeast Queensland

August 19, 2019
PLATE 29 : Kidston breccia ore showing stubby, medium grained, comb textured quartz crystals lining vughs with later carbonate, pyrite and base metal sulphide filling vugh cores.

METALLOGENIC STUDY OF THE GEORGETOWN, FORSAYTH AND GILBERTON REGIONS, Part 7

August 19, 2019
PLATE 23: Sample from the Caledonia workings, Gilberton. Shows brecciated early, white, tightly packed, euhedral buck quartz (Plutonic style) cemented by clear, comb textured quartz, colloform banded and in places moss textured chalcedonic silica and siderite (Epithermal style).

METALLOGENIC STUDY OF THE GEORGETOWN, FORSAYTH AND GILBERTON REGIONS, Part 6

Report Number 114062, METALLOGENIC STUDY OF THE GEORGETOWN, FORSAYTH AND GILBERTON REGIONS, NORTH QUEENSLAND is now available for download from QDEX. The authors are Dr Gregg
August 19, 2019
PLATE 25: Specimen from Caledonia Workings, Gilberton, showing early phase of large quartz crystals growing into vughs. Vughs were filled with siderite now removed by weathering.

METALLOGENIC STUDY OF THE GEORGETOWN, FORSAYTH AND GILBERTON REGIONS, Part 5

August 19, 2019
PLATE 16: Polymictic breccia composed mostly of rhyolite angular clasts cemented by cryptocrystalline quartz. Cut by later fine veinlets of clear quartz. Hydrothermal breccia from Sherwood, Agate Creek, Forsayth (Sample #231516; +100 g/t Au, 42 g/t Ag).

METALLOGENIC STUDY OF THE GEORGETOWN, FORSAYTH AND GILBERTON REGIONS-Part 4

August 19, 2019
PLATE 3. Polymict matrix support breccia with a complex history of formation. At least four phases of pre-breccia and post-breccia quartz veining of variable texture. Fine, dark coloured, silica – pyrite breccia cement. Specimen of ore from the Cumberland Mine, Georgetown (Sample #231594; 4.46 g/t Au, 24.3 g/t Ag).

METALLOGENIC STUDY OF THE GEORGETOWN, FORSAYTH AND GILBERTON REGIONS-Part 3

August 19, 2019
Figure 6 : Metallogenic camps plotted on the broad scale geology and structure.

METALLOGENIC STUDY OF THE GEORGETOWN, FORSAYTH AND GILBERTON REGIONS Part 2.

August 19, 2019
Figure 2 Mount Turner Camp. Example of GIS data available for the Georgetown Metallogenic Study area i.e. geology, structure, dyke – lode – vein orientations, mineral occurrence locations etc

METALLOGENIC STUDY OF THE GEORGETOWN, FORSAYTH AND GILBERTON REGION Part1

August 1, 2019

From Granites to Mineral Exploration: The Bruce Chappell Symposium

FROM GRANITES TO MINERAL EXPLORATION Dr Simon D Beams, 1998.  Granites, Island Arcs, the Mantle, and Ore Deposits – A symposium held jointly between GEMOC and
June 15, 2019

Cairns Exploration Roundup

Terra Search at Cairns Exploration Roundup 30 May 2019. DOWNLOAD / VIEW PDF
January 24, 2018

GIS Compatibility of Digitally Recorded Exploration Data

David R. Jenkins and Simon D. Beams Fourth National Forum on Information Management and GIS in the Geosciences, 1999 Please click here to download the PDF of this
January 24, 2018

Terra Search Publications Geological Setting and Mineralisation Style of Ore Deposits of Northeast Queensland

Gregg W. Morrison, Simon D. Beams 2009 North Queensland Gold and Base Metals Field Trip, August 2009 Economic Geology of Northeast Queensland, the 1998 Perspective, Geological
January 24, 2018

Polymetallic Highway-Reward Deposit. Exploration History,Geology and Geochemistry

Simon D. Beams, Ed V. Dronseika, Mark G. Doyle in “Economic Geology of Northeast Queensland, the 1998 Perspective” Please click here to download the full PDF of this
January 24, 2018

Exploration Data Management on a Mineral Province Scale

Simon D. Beams Second National Forum on GIS in the Geosciences, 1995 Please click here to download the PDF of this article.
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