Mapping the porphyry copper alteration zones at the Meiduk area, SE Iran, using the advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer (ASTER) data

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid H. Tangestani ◽  
Nazi Mazhari ◽  
Bob Agar
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Emission ◽  
Porphyry Copper ◽  
Alteration Zones ◽  
Aster Data

scholarly journals A Remote-Sensing-Based Alteration Zonation Model of the Duolong Porphyry Copper Ore District, Tibet

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 5073
Author(s):  
Fojun Yao ◽  
Xingwang Xu ◽  
Jianmin Yang ◽  
Xinxia Geng
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Thermal Emission ◽  
Mineral Exploration ◽  
Porphyry Copper ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Thermal Infrared ◽  
Copper Ore ◽  
Aster Data ◽  
Alteration Zoning ◽  
Ore District

Remote sensing (RS) of alteration zones and anomalies can provide information that is useful for geological prospecting and exploration. RS is an effective method for porphyry copper mineral exploration and prospecting prediction. More specifically, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection radiometer (ASTER) data, which include 14 spectral channels from visible light to thermal infrared, are useful in such cases. This study uses visible-shortwave infrared and thermal infrared ASTER data together with surface material spectra from the Duolong porphyry copper ore district to construct an RS-based alteration zonation model of the deposit. In this study, an RS alteration zoning model is established based on ground-spectral alteration zoning results. The methods include PCA (Principal Component Analysis), Ratio, and Slope methods. The information obtained by each method is different. RS-based alteration zonation is developed based on the intersection of maps, resultant from the different methods for extracting information related to different minerals. The alteration zonation information extracted from ASTER RS data is consistent with geological observations. Using information from the RS-based model, we mapped the alteration minerals and zones of the Duolong ore district, thereby identifying prospecting target areas of the deposit.

scholarly journals Hybrid Fuzzy-Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Model for Porphyry Copper Prospecting in Simorgh Area, Eastern Lut Block of Iran

Mining ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Vahid Khosravi ◽  
Aref Shirazi ◽  
Adel Shirazy ◽  
Ardeshir Hezarkhani ◽  
Amin Beiranvand Pour
Keyword(s):  
Hydrothermal Alteration ◽  
Thermal Emission ◽  
Fuzzy Ahp ◽  
Porphyry Copper ◽  
High Potential ◽  
Ahp Model ◽  
Alteration Zones ◽  
Copper Mineralization ◽  
Lut Block ◽  
Hydrothermal Alteration Zones

The eastern Lut block of Iran has a high potential for porphyry copper mineralization due to the subduction tectonic regime. It is located in an inaccessible region and has harsh arid conditions for traditional mineral exploration campaigns. The objective of this study is to use Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) remote sensing data for porphyry copper exploration in Simorgh Area, eastern Lut block of Iran. Hydrothermal alteration zones such as argillic, phyllic and propylitic zones associated with porphyry copper systems in the study were identified using false color composition (FCC), band ratio (BR), principal component analysis (PCA) and minimal noise fraction (MNF). The thematic alteration layers extracted from FCC, BR, PCA and MNF were integrated using hybrid Fuzzy-AHP model to generate a porphyry copper potential map for the study area. Four high potential zones were identified in the central, western, eastern and northeastern of the study area. Fieldwork was used to validate the approach used in this study. This investigation exhibits that the use of hybrid Fuzzy-AHP model for the identification of hydrothermal alteration zones associated with porphyry copper systems that is typically applicable to ASTER data and can be used for porphyry copper potential mapping in many analogous metallogenic provinces.

Integration of Stream Sediment Geochemical and Aster Data for Porphyry Copper Deposit Exploration in Khatun Abad, North West of Iran / Integracja geochemicznych danych o osadach dennych oraz danych pozyskanych z systemu aster do poszukiwań geologicznych w rejonie złóż miedzi porfirytowej w khatun abad, w północno-zachodniej części iranu

2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-54
Author(s):  
Jamal Honarpazhouh ◽  
Ali Asghar Hassanipak ◽  
Kumars Seifpanahi Shabani
Keyword(s):  
Spectral Analysis ◽  
Porphyry Copper ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Hierarchical Cluster ◽  
Copper Deposit ◽  
Stream Sediment ◽  
Alteration Zones ◽  
North West ◽  
Aster Data ◽  
Hydrothermal Alteration Zones

Urumieh-Dokhtar magmatic belt is the host of large porphyry copper deposits in Iran. Khatun Abad area is located in north west part of this belt, so in this study, the stream sediment geochemical survey and hydrothermal alteration zones extracted from ASTER data were used to generation new target for future lithogeochemical survey. In this study after a brief discussion on descriptive statistics, principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical cluster analysis were used to compress the information to a few maps and to assist in determining multi-element associations. Then C-A fractal method was used for map classification. In order to extraction hydrothermal zones ASTER data were used. ASTER SWIR bands are most useful for the identification of alteration minerals such as Alunite, Pyrophylite, Kaolinite, Sericute and Carbonates. In this paper based on spectral analysis of ASTER SWIR data six maps of alteration zones were prepared. Geochemical study and spectral analysis of ASTER data showed that mineralization and alteration are limited to E1lb and gr lithological units and have NW-SE trends from east of Khatun Abad to Ghezeljeh-Gheshlaghi.

Porphyry Copper Discovery Beneath the Valeriano Lithocap, Chile

SEG Discovery ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Richard H. Sillitoe ◽  
Claudio Burgoa ◽  
David R. Hopper
Keyword(s):  
Gold Mineralization ◽  
Porphyry Copper ◽  
Northern Chile ◽  
Porphyry Copper Deposits ◽  
Copper Deposits ◽  
Alteration Zones ◽  
Copper Gold ◽  
Drill Holes

ABSTRACT Exploration for porphyry copper deposits beneath barren or poorly mineralized, advanced argillic lithocaps is becoming common­place; however, there have been few discoveries except in cases where the copper ± gold ± molybdenum mineralization has been partly exposed, typically as a result of partial lithocap erosion. At Valeriano, in the high Andes of northern Chile, completely concealed Miocene porphyry copper-gold mineralization was recently discovered beneath a lithocap. Here, the results of the staged drilling program that led to the discovery are summarized, with emphasis on the key geologic, alteration, and mineralization features that provided guidance. The final deep drill holes of the 16-hole program cut well-defined advanced argillic and sericitic alteration zones before entering chalcopyrite ± bornite–bearing, potassic-altered porphyry, with grades of 0.7 to 1.2% Cu equiv, at depths of ~1,000 to >1,800 m.

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