Field Portable Lab
The pace of mineral exploration has changed dramatically in the last 15 years. Accurate GPS technology, vastly improved computing/imaging, and improved geophysical and geochemical ore deposit modeling have improved the odds of detection and discovery of orebodies in increasingly shorter timeframes.
Minera Camargo has kept pace with these changes by investing in a state-of-the art, field portable laboratory that includes a new Niton XL3t900S (GOLDD) XRF element analyzer, a Meiji stereomicroscope with Lumenera camera attachment, and TerraSPEC SWIR for hydroxyl mineral group identification. These components are seamlessly integrated by the field-portable workstation, and connected to the internet via a BGAN broadband data link.
The Niton Niton XL3t900S measures Ba, Sb, Sn, Cd, Pd, Ag, Mo, Nb, Zr, Sr, Rb, Bi, Se, As, Au, Pb, W, Zn, Cu, Re, Ta, Hf, Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, Cr, V, Ti, Ca, K, Cl, S, P, Si, Al, and Mg.
- Fast, simple GPS/GIS integration for real-time mapping
- High sample throughput and increased sample density over traditional lab methods
- Direct analysis of drill core and cuttings to dynamically drive mineral exploration programs
- Light element analysis directly quantifies Al, Si, and Mg levels to perform effective alteration intensity mapping.
- Combined with the SWIR spectrometer, which directly identifies the alteration minerals, alteration vectors can be quickly be identified and quantified.