Finding Porphyry Copper with zircon trace elements & hyperspectral display

铜矿的发现率落后于世界需求。在世界火山带寻找铜的一种方法是测量锆石的成分，锆石是一种持久的矿物，集中在流砂中，并在矿床下面延伸很长一段距离。从一杯沙子中提取的数百颗锆石构成了一个样本。锆石的化学特征表明，可能的矿山大多被了解，但性质是复杂的。在10000次分析中，除了每种谷物的26条化学数据通道之外，还有7层实验室成像数据无法方便地携带。地质学家需要智能计算机系统来发现33个通道之间的有用关系，并发现样品内部和样品之间的关系，以发现更多可开采的铜。

Copper mine discovery rates lag behind world needs. One way to find copper in the World’s Ring of Fire is to measure compositions of zircons which are durable minerals concentrated in stream sands and spreadout long distances below a deposit. 100s of zircon from a cup of sand constitute a sample. Zircon chemical features that indicate possible mines are mostly understood, but nature is complicated. Beyond the 26 channels of chemical data for each grain in the 10,000s of analyses, there are 7 layers of lab imaging data that are not carried along in a convenient way. Geologists need smart computer systems to find useful relationships among the 33 channels and to discover relations within and between samples to find more mineable copper.