FREATURE BAND OR RATIO COMMENTS REFERENCE

IRON
Ferric Iron Fe3- 2/1 Hematite Fe2O3 oxido ferric Rowan and Mars 2003
Ferrous Iron Fe2+ 5/3 + 1/2 Magnetite Fe3O4 oxide ferric Rowan and Mars 2003
Laterite 4/5 Bierwith,2002
Gossan 4/2 Volesky et,al 2003
Ferrous Silicates (Bio. Chl. Amph) 5/4 Fe oxide Cu-Au alteration IOCG CSIRO

Ferric Oxides 4/3 Can be ambiguous CSIRO

CARBONATES / Mafic Minerals
Carbonate/Chlorite/Epidote (7+9)/8 Rowan and Mars 2003
Epidote / Chlorite / Amphibole (6+9)/(7+8) Endoskarn CSIRO
Amphibole / MgOH (6+9)/8 Can be other MgOH or carbonate Hewson
Amphibole 6/8 Bierwith
Dolomite (6+8)/7 Rowan USGS
Carbonate 13/14 Exoskarn (cal/dolom) Bierwith Nimoyima,CSIRO
SILICATES
Sericite/Muscovite/illite/Smectite (5+7)/6 Phyllic Alteration Rowan(USGS) Hewson et al
2001,2004a
Alunite/Kaolinite/Pyrophyllite (4-3)/ 5 Hewson(CSIRO)
Phengitic 5/6 Rowan (USGS)
Muscovite 7/6 Hewson et al 2001,2004a
Kaolinite 7/5 Approximate Only Hewson et al 2001,2004ª
Clay (5x7)/(6x6) Bierwith,2002
Alteration 4/5 Same as Laterite Volesky et,al 2003
Host Rock 5/6 Same as Laterite Volesky et,al 2003
 SILICA
Quartz Rich Rocks 14/12 Rowan and Mars 2003
Silica (11x11)/10/12 Hierwith,2002
Basic Dregree Index (gnt,cpx, epi,chl) 12/13 Exoskarn(garnet,pyroxene) Bierwith,2002
SiO2 13/12 Same as1 4/12 Hewson et al 2001,2004a
SiO2 12/13
Siliceous Rocks (11x11)/(10x12) Nimoyima, 2002
Silica 11/10 Nimoyima, 2002
Silica 11/12 Hewson et al, 2001,2004a
silica 13/10 Hewson et al, 2001,2004a
Othera Hewson et al, 2001,2004a
Vegetation 3/2
NDVI (3-2)/(3+2) Normalized Diference Vegetation
Index
 TABLA 3- COMMENTS COMBINATIONS OF RATIOS AND BAND

feature red green b/5lue Reference

Vegetation and visible bands 3,3/2 x NDVI 2 1 -
Aoh minerals – advanced 5/6(pliengitec) 7/6(muscovite) 7/5(kaolinite) Hewsonet, al 2001-2004
argilic alteretion
Clay amphibole, laterite (5x7)/63 (clay) 6/8(amphibole) 4/5(laterite) Biertwith,2002
Gossan alteration, hots rock 4/2 (gossan) 4/5(alteration) 5/6(host rock) Volesky et al,2003

Gossan alteration, hots rock 6 (gossan9 2(alteration) 1(host rock) -

Decorrelation strech 13 12 10 Biertwith,2002

Silica, carbonate,basic (11x11)/10/12(silica) 13/14(carbonate) 12/13(base rock) Biertwith,2002
degreed index
Silica, carbonate (11x11)/(10x12) 13/14 12/13 Ninomiya,2002
Silica 11/10 11/12 13/10 Hewsonet, al 2001-2004
Discrimination for mapping 4/1 3/1 12/14 -
Discrimination sulfide-rich 12 5 3 -
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Discrimination 4/7 4/1 (2/3)x(4/3) -
Discrimination 4/7 4/3 2/1 Abrams and hook,1995
Silica Fe+3 14/12 (1/2)+(5/3) MNF band1 Rowan and mars 2003
Enhanced structural 7 4 2 Rowan and mars 2003
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