Filipa Luz

 
 

Profile

Research Group: RG3 - Solid Earth dynamics
Position at IDL: Collaborator
Job: Exploration Geologist – ALMINA Minas do Alentejo, S.A.
Email: filipa.luz@almina.pt (professional) / geo.filipa.luz@gmail.com (personal)
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Academic Degree and field of specialization: PhD Metallogeny

Keywords: Geochemistry; Iberian Pyrite Belt; Mineral Exploration; VMS; metasediments

Scientific Informations

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2913-2803

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Filipa-Luz-2

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

Main Interests: 

My scientific aims are to develop new geochemical exploration techniques and methods, but along side this, I participate enthusiastically in diverse scientific outreach activities for local communities and high school.

Recently, self-learning about how machine learning could be used to improve mineral exploration surveys.

Top 10 Publications: 

  • Luz F., Mateus, A., Ferreira, E., Tassinari, C.G.T., Figueiras, J., 2022 Pb-Nd-Sr isotope geochemistry of metapelites from the Iberian Pyrite Belt and its relevance in provenance analysis and mineral exploration surveys, Economic Geology. https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.4869

  • Batista, M.J., Mateus, A., Matos, J.X., Gonçalves, M.A., Figueiras, J., Abreu, M.M., Luz, F. 2020 Geochemical exploration and assessment of environmental impacts in the Portuguese sector of the Iberian Pyrite Belt. Comunicações Geológicas 107, 79-90. https://doi.org/10.34637/cwc7-1q82

  • Luz F., Mateus, A., Rosa, C.R.N., Figueiras, J., 2020. Geochemistry of Famenian to Visean metapelites from the Iberian Pyrite Belt: implications for provenance, paleo-redox conditions and vectoring of massive sulphide deposits. Natural Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-020-09686-4

  • Luz F., Mateus, A., Figueiras J., Tassinari CCG, Ferreira E., Gonçalves, M.A. 2019. Recognizing metasedimentary sequences potentially hosting concealed massive sulfide accumulations in the Iberian Pyrite Belt using geochemical fingerprints. Ore Geology Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.03.020

  • Luz, F., Mateus, A., Matos, J.X., Gonçalves, M., 2014. Copper, Zn and Pb soil geochemistry data from the NE domain of the Iberian Pyrite Belt in Portugal: implications for mineral exploration. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis (2014) 14 (4): 341–358. https://doi.org/10.1144/geochem2012-196

  • Luz, F., Mateus, A., Matos, J.X., Gonçalves, M., 2013. Cu- and Zn-Soil Anomalies in the NE Border of the South Portuguese Zone (Iberian Variscides, Portugal) Identified by Multifractal and Geostatistical Analyses. Nat Resour Res 23, 195–215 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-013-9217-5

  • Luz F., Mateus A., Matos J.X., Gonçalves M.A. 2012 Geochemistry of stream sediments southwards of the SW Variscan suture in Portugal (Guadiana and Chança river basins): insights into element anomalies of variable origin and intensity. Applied Earth Science - Trans. Inst. Min. Metall. B, 121 (3), 137-150. https://doi.org/10.1179/1743275813Y.0000000025

Conferences (last 15 presentations): 

  • Napier, S., Fournier, D., Luz, F., Davis, K., 2023. 3D Time Domain Inversion of Ground Electromagnetic Data with Open-Source SimPEG; A Case Study for SimPEG Applications to VMS Exploration in the Iberian Pyrite Belt. KEGS Symposium, Toronto, Canada.

  • Luz, F., Napier, S., Hickey, S., Fragoso, J., Sousa, N., Gonçalves., J., Tavares, H., 2022. VMS Targeting Challenges: Rethinking the World-class IPB province, SEG Minerals for our Future, Denver, Colorado.

  • Luz, F., Mateus, A., Rosa, C., Ferreira, E., Figueiras, J., Tassinari, C.G., 2020. Geochemistry of metapelites: The forgotten link to provenances and vector massive sulphide ores in the Iberian Pyrite Belt. Ore Deposits Hub, 29th May – oral presentation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ANBxcKWw8w).

  • Luz, F., Mateus, A., 2019. Unravelling the geochemistry of dark-black metapelites in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (Portugal): the relation to massive sulphide ores. 15th Biennial Meeting, Glasgow, Scotland

  • Luz, F., Mateus, A., Figueiras, J., 2018. Elemental geochemistry of metasediments from the Aljustrel area, Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB), Portugal: implications for mineral exploration. SEG Conference, Colorado (EUA).

Awards:

  • Best PhD thesis issued by Instituto Dom Luiz (IDL) – University of Lisbon