Case studies

CMR’s Discovery Program has a has a long-standing experience evaluating spaceborne and airborne optical imagery for mineral exploration from the continental to tenement-scale. This page features some of our case studies. More examples can be found under Publications.

Sediment-hosted Abra Pb-Zn-Cu-Au

Hyper and multispectral mineral footprints surrounding the 1.59 Ga Abra Pb-Zn-Cu-Au deposit were investigated in a PhD study between 2014 […]

Mineral composition of Australia

National ASTER geoscience map

Since the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) was launched in 1999, the sensor has acquired an extensive […]

PRISMA geoscience products

In the frame of the projects “Exploration for base and precious metal mineral deposits through cover by means of spaceborne […]

Queensland Next Generation Mineral Mapping Project

The aim of the Queensland Next Generation Mineral Mapping Project (Cudahy et al., 2008) was to develop, validate, evaluate and […]

The Rocklea Dome 3D Mineral Mapping Test Data Set

The integration of surface and subsurface geoscience data is critical for efficient and effective mineral exploration and mining. The open-access […]