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 "The
best geologist is he (or she) who has seen the most rocks" HH Read
Seeing many rocks takes time, costs a lot and taxes one's memory. Why not to delegate your
task of seeing and comparing rocks and listening what they tell us where
it matters, as in exploration, to somebody who has done it for a long
time? Why not to take a shortcut where this is possible, and see 75,000
rocks under one roof as in Data Metallogenica, then find out their place
in global context in Total Metallogeny-GEOSITES, or vice versa? I have
been seeing, organizing and interpreting rocks most of my life and
continue to do so: have written another book, about giant ore deposits
and future metal sources with links to the tangible "rock solid"
information. In the limited
time I have still left I offer the following assistance:
- Development
of exploration concepts. Tell me what mineral deposit you
consider finding or acquiring; where; what are the limitations. I
will prepare and discuss with you a list of possibilities based on
precedents and comparison with similar settings around the world,
what to look for, where to start
- Orebody
brainstorming. Is this a Carlin type or a listvenite? (an
actual recent example). This could be just an academic question and
who cares anyway, but knowing the difference can sometimes help to
start drilling where it matters. What do you need to make a rapid,
informed assessment? Having seen a lot of rocks....
- Area and/or
property selection. So Rasputania is suddenly open for
investment. What opportunities does it offer? Is there a potential
to find ore types the locals perhaps overlook? Of the list of
properties offered for acquisition, which ones look interesting?
Why, is there a similarity with profitable deposits elsewhere? I
will sift through local library and archival materials provided they
are in one of the many languages I can manage (e.g. Russian & Slavic
in general; Spanish...), alternatively interpreters are usually easy
to find. Then a field visit to see the facts and get the feeling.
Yes, I can support my report with the real rock/ore evidence
- Mentoring,
training, seminars, short courses. This I have done around
the world, many times. I am preparing a short course based on my
latest book "Giant Metallic Deposits and Future Sources of
Industrial Metals" Sponsor my field expedition to collect and
contribute samples for Data Metallogenica, anywhere, and send your
junior geologist or a group with me to practice "reading the rocks"
and developing a better feel for the geology around
- Material
reduction and abstracting. So you run out of space with those
10 km of core, most of it monotonous, or boxes of rocks that
have to go. Before you throw the stuff away or ship it to a
government core library, why not to have a set of relevant
miniaturized samples selected, organized, described, and mounted on
page-size aluminium plates, LITHOTHEQUE style (read
DataMet). I can handle it
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