Mario Arancibia

• Bachelor of Applied Science
• Project Manager at Muon Solutions Oy, Finland

Cosmic-ray muography (or just muography) is a novel geophysical method based on the repeated directional measurements of particle flux of the elementary particle muon underneath or sideways of the volume of interest. This conference contribution discusses the possibilities of muography applied in porphyry copper environments.

The cosmic-ray muography is an emerging imaging technique that exploits the attenuation of the penetrative muons originating from the interactions between high-energy cosmic radiation and the atmosphere. We propose that the differential attenuation of muons in laterites, saprolites, bauxites and fresh rocks can be muographically employed in the stu...

Bauxites are mature laterites develop under a long period of extreme chemical weathering in a humid, tropical to subtropical climate. Bauxites are, in fact, among the best climate-sensitive rock indicators for warm and humid paleoclimates. They also represent a useful proxy for past climate changes and are important for provenance studies and geody...

This work proposes that cosmic-ray muography could be used in mineral exploration and resource delineation of skarn deposits as density variations between different skarn types and their immediate host rocks.