GIS Central Europe: an operational tool to improve metallogenic thinking, support exploration activities and contribute to the sustainability of the mining industry

摘要

The GIS (Geographic Information System) Central Europe, in support of the Alpine-Balkan-Carpathian-Dinaride (ABCD) GEODE Project, is composed of spatially referenced geographical, geological, geophysical, geochemical and mineral deposit thematic layers, and their respective attribute data. It is used to establish insights in the regions mineral potential and its past and future mining activities. Subsequently, the information system is further exploited to derive new rules between the different attribute information in their relation to mineral deposit formation and the spatial distribution of the deposits. To contribute to the sustainability of the mining industry, environmental data are also integrated in the information system, allowing a regional scale risk assessment for old and new mining projects.