Case Study: Rogue Geoscience unravels complex mine geology with Seequent's Leapfrog Geo

How Leapfrog’s structural geology tools helped unravel the complex geology of Taseko’s Gibraltar Mine

Rogue Geoscience, led by structural geologist Chris Gallagher, was brought in to help unravel the complex geology at Taseko’s Gibraltar Mine in British Columbia. The site’s copper-molybdenum deposit had a complicated deformation history, with multiple faulting and folding events that made it difficult to understand how structure controlled copper distribution. Rogue Geoscience used Seequent’s Leapfrog Geo, including its structural modelling tools and Form Interpolants, to tackle the challenge.

Using Seequent’s Leapfrog Geo, Chris built domain-constrained structural models of S1 foliation, combined historic geochemical and drilling data, and continuously updated the model as new drillhole information became available. The approach improved confidence in the geology, clarified the relationship between deformation, alteration, and copper mineralisation, and enabled faster testing of ideas and more efficient model updates. While the case study does not give a numeric business KPI, it highlights reduced manual effort, quicker iteration, and better decision-making from more accurate 3D structural interpretation.

Rogue Geoscience

Chris Gallagher

Structural Geologist