For many years volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits were discovered and explored by identifiying prospective felsic volcanic rocks. Using machine learning we investigated more than 20 felsic mining districts in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt and compared them to their potential modern analoges seafloor massive sulphide deposits.
This work is published in Economic Geology as Fassbender, M.L., Hannington, M., Stewart, M.S., Brandl, P.A., Baxter, A.T., Diekrup, D., 2023. Geochemical Signatures of Felsic Volcanic Rocks in Modern Oceanic Settings and Implications for Archean Greenstone Belts. Economic Geology, Volume 118, Issue 2, p. 319-345.
Alan T. Baxter 