Training

Linex have played a key role in education and training of geoscientists

Linex developed a core logging, correlation & cross-section reconstruction system for use in Turbidite-hosted orogenic gold deposits. This system was adopted widely across Victoria at Fosterville, Bendigo, Ballarat, Nerrina, Lockington, St Arnaud and elsewhere. At these sites, Linex implemented the systems, trained staff and provided ongoing support. Linex provide training courses on “Turbidite and sedimentary-hosted ore deposits” (see details below).

Linex have been enthusiastic geological educators through:

  • Lecturing at La trobe University Bendigo in Structural Geology, Geophysics, Sedimentology, Field Mapping, Introductory Geology and Project Management.
  • Primary school visits and excursions
  • Adult Education classes and excursions
  • “Geology for non-Geologists” within companies
  • Assisting the annual Geology of Gold course & field trip at Victoria Hill, Bendigo

Linex have led organising and running several conferences including:

  • International IAGOD Conference, Ballarat (1999) and field trip to Broken Hill
  • Core logging conference, Bendigo (2005)
  • “Pushing the boundaries: New frontiers in technology” conference, Woodend (2016) & numerous AIG conferences

Turbidite and sedimentary-hosted ore deposits

Course outline

The course will focus on the structural architecture of turbidite-hosted mineral deposits and provide tools to correlate drill and outcrop data to define resource shapes. The course will discuss methods to reconstruct faults, folds, reefs, veins and associated mineralisation. The course will commence with an overview of sedimentation in a variety of tectonic settings and the associated structural and mineralisation styles. The course will include examples and practical exercises integrating drill hole, geochemical and geophysical data to demonstrate key points.

Course contents

  • The application of Sequence Stratigraphy to understanding mineral deposits
  • Depositional environments, processes and tectonic settings
  • Basin-forming structures and reactivation
  • Tectonic setting of sedimentary-hosted mineral deposits
  • Correlation of turbidite lithologies and facies
  • Faulting, folding, vein, reef and shoot development in turbidites
  • Reconstruction and interpretation of drilling and outcrop data
  • Exploration methodologies & resource modelling

The course is occasionally run and open to the public but mostly conducted in-house by arrangement.