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Free Downloads

The following HCOV Global templates and manuals are available for free download:
Oriented Core Measurement and calculation procedures©

 

Pdf file that includes full description of oriented core procedures; including extracting structural information from unoriented core; instructions for manual stereographic plotting of core data; bias and error detection; QA/QC procedures; and some stereographic analytical procedures [~5Mb] [Last modified:May, 2023]

[Much, but not all, of this manual is included as Chapter 9 in the text: Mapping and Structural Geology in Mineral Exploration]

This link [~4.8Mb) is to a Chinese translation of the above [translated by Zhu Fengsan, organised by Greg Hall]. Note that this Chinese version is of an early edition than the English language version above.

Oriented-core printable wrap-around protractors for measuring alpha and beta angle©

Printable wrap-around protractors for measuring alpha and beta angles in oriented drill core, plus simplified scaled logging sheets for rapid logs. [Last revised Aug 22, 2017]

Workshop manuals: Understanding large hydrothermal systems©

Pdf files of manuals for workshops delivered by Nick Oliver. Although designed around large hydrothermal systems (e.g. IOCGs) these manuals describe approaches that should be used with all alteration systems.

Spreadsheet template for producing geochemical isocon diagrams©

Excel worksheet containing a working template for producing isocon diagrams of element mobility in alteration systems.

GeoQSymbols for QGIS

Collection of SVG structural map symbols, plus a python function for placing dip & plunge labels correctly

Graphical templates for plotting structural data©

Pdf file that includes stereographic projection nets (polar and equatorial); rose diagram templates, counting nets,... Other graphical templates will continue to be added so keep an eye on updates.

Database Fundamentals and Pitfalls

Or:  ’There is a difference between a spreadsheet and a database‘

Manual covering the do’s and don’ts of using Excel spreadsheets as databases; the basic requirements of a database and; the fundamentals of relational databases. [Now incorporated into Chapter 2 in the text: Mapping and Structural Geology in Mineral Exploration]

Datum and Projection Fundamentals in GIS

Manual covering the fundamentals of Earth Model datums and projection systems, and aspects of recording locations and directions [Pdf file~2Mb]

[Now incorporated into Chapter 2 in the text: Mapping and Structural Geology in Mineral Exploration]

Rod Holcombe text: Mapping and Structural Geology in Mineral Exploration

This link takes you to Rod Holcombe's book commercial distribution page.

Link to Rod Holcombe's complete set of teaching and training workshop modules

This link takes you to Rod Holcombe's workshop training downloads page.

Structural animations

This link takes you to a download page for animations developed by Rod Holcombe for use in structural geology teaching. They include demonstrations of folding and boudinage of planes in a homogeneous strain field, development of gash veins, fabrics in shear zones, etc

Rod Holcombe structural plotting and analysis software...

This link takes you to Rod Holcombe's structural geology software page

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