DEMO · CUPRITE, NEVADA
See what the eye cannot.
A hyperspectral satellite reads 224 wavelengths from every pixel. Click a zone on the map to read what's there — chemistry, confidence, and what it means for what's underneath.
AVIRIS · f970619t01p02_r02
DEMO · LEGACY DATA
37.54°N · 117.20°W
WHY IT MATTERS
Three minerals read together tell a story about what's underneath.
— 01
Spectra reveal chemistry, not just color.
Visible light shows you reds and tans. The shortwave infrared shows you alunite, kaolinite, and buddingtonite — the exact minerals that crystallize around a hot, gold-bearing fluid.
— 02
Patterns map the plumbing of an ore system.
An alunite-silica core ringed by kaolinite ringed by hematite isn't a coincidence — it's the fingerprint of a high-sulfidation epithermal vent. Find that pattern, find the ore.
— 03
From orbit, every week, every continent.
What used to take a field season of mapping now takes a single satellite pass. Aethermine turns those passes into ranked targets for explorers — before a single drill rig moves.
SCENE TECHNICALS
Built on real, public data you can verify.
SENSOR
AVIRIS · NASA/JPL
SCENE ID
f970619t01p02_r02
DATE
1997-06-19
ALTITUDE
19.8 km
BANDS
224 contiguous
RANGE
400 – 2500 nm
RESOLUTION
17 m / pixel
AREA
18.5 km²
Spectral library: USGS Spectral Library Version 7 — Kokaly et al., 2017 —
DOI:10.5066/F7RR1WDJ
Reference mapping: Swayze, G.A. et al. (2014). Mapping Advanced Argillic Alteration at Cuprite, Nevada, Using Imaging Spectroscopy. Economic Geology v.109 no.5, 1179–1221.
Scene imagery: AVIRIS / NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · public domain.
Base map: Esri World Imagery · DigitalGlobe / Maxar contributors.