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Minerals ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Timofey Timkin ◽  
Mahnaz Abedini ◽  
Mansour Ziaii ◽  
Mohammad Reza Ghasemi

In this study, the zonality method has been used to separate geochemical anomalies and to calculate erosional levels in the regional scale for porphyry-Cu deposit, Abrisham-Rud (Semnan province, East of Iran). In geochemical maps of multiplicative haloes, the co-existence of both the supra-ore elements and sub-ore elements local maxima implied blind mineralization in the northwest of the study area. Moreover, considering the calculated zonality indices and two previously presented geochemical models, E and NW of the study have been introduced as ZDM and BM, respectively. For comparison, the geological layer has been created by combining rock units, faults, and alterations utilizing the K-nearest neighbor (KNN) algorithm. The rock units and faults have been identified from the geological map; moreover, alterations have been detected by using remote sensing and ASTER images. In the geological layer map related to E of the study area, many parts have been detected as high potential areas; in addition, both geochemical and geological layer maps only confirmed each other at the south of this area and suggested this part as high potential mineralization. Therefore, high potential areas in the geological layer map could be related to the mineralization or not. Due to the incapability of the geological layer in identifying erosional levels, mineralogy investigation could be used to recognize this level; however, because of the high cost, mineralogy is not recommended for application on a regional scale. The findings demonstrated that the zonality method has successfully distinguished geochemical anomalies including BM and ZDM without dependent on alteration and was able to predict erosional levels. Therefore, this method is more powerful than the geological layer.


Minerals ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Jie Gan ◽  
Hui Li ◽  
Zhengwei He ◽  
Yu Gan ◽  
Junqing Mu ◽  
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As the main part of the Indosinian metallogenic province in the eastern part of the Tethys metallogenic domain, Southeast Asia has experienced multiple stages of tectonic magnetic activities accompanied by the formation of rich mineral resources. However, due to the undeveloped economy, low degree of geological work, dense vegetation cover, and lack of obvious prospecting marks, traditional geological prospecting work in the area is not optimal. Consequently, the combination of high-precision geophysics and geochemistry has become an important method of looking for ore bodies deep underground in this area. The Nanpo gold deposit is a hydrothermal gold deposit that occurs in the Indosinian felsic volcanic rock body, and its mineralization is closely related to felsic magmatism. This study carried out comprehensive geophysical and geochemical exploration methods of soil geochemical survey, induced polarization (IP) survey, and audio-frequency magnetotelluric (AMT) survey. Based on the characteristics of geophysical and geochemical anomalies, geological inference, and interpretation, the integrated geophysical and geochemical prospecting criteria of the ore area have been determined: The large-scale and overlapping Au-Ag-Cu anomaly area in the host felsic magmatic rocks (mainly diorite, monzodiorite and granodiorite) is a favorable metallogenic area. Two anomalies, P1–H1 and P3–H6, with the best metallogenetic conditions and the deepest extensions of the known ore bodies, were further selected as engineering verification targets. After the study of the drill core, gold (mineralized) bodies consistent with the anomalies were found, indicating that the combined method is suitable for the exploration of mineral resources in this area, and the prospecting effect is good. At the same time, the metallogenic prediction shows that the deep part of the mining area still has great metallogenic prospects and prospecting potential. The characteristics of geophysical and geochemical anomalies and prospecting experience in the study area can provide references for the prospecting of hydrothermal gold deposits in the Luang Prabang–Loei structural belt.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Yuehan Qin ◽  
Xinle Zhang ◽  
Zhifang Zhao ◽  
Ziyang Li ◽  
Changbi Yang ◽  
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The gold (Au) geochemical anomaly is an important indicator of gold mineralization. While the traditional field geochemical exploration method is time-consuming and expensive, the hyperspectral remote sensing technique serves as a robust technique for the delineation and mapping of hydrothermally altered and weathered mineral deposits. Nonetheless, mineralization element anomaly detection was still seldomly used in previous hyperspectral remote sensing applications in mineralization. This study explored the coupling relationship between Gaofen-5 (GF-5) hyperspectral data and Au geochemical anomalies through several models. The Au geochemical anomalies in the Chahuazhai mining area, Qiubei County, Yunnan Province, SW China, was studied in detail. First, several noise reduction methods including radiometric calibration, Fast Line-of-sight Atmospheric Analysis of Spectral Hypercubes (FLAASH), Savitzky–Golay filter, and endmember choosing methods including Minimum Noise Fraction (MNF) transformation, matched filtering, and Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) transformation were applied to the Gaofen-5 (GF-5) hyperspectral data processing. The Spectrum-Area (S-A) method was introduced to build an FFT filter to highlight the spectral abnormal characteristics associated with Au geochemical anomaly information. Specifically, the Matched Filtering (MF) technique was applied to the dataset to find the Au geochemical anomaly abundances of endmembers with innovative large-sample learning. Then, Multiple Linear Regression (MLR), Partial Least Squares (PLS) regression, a Back Propagation (BP) network, and Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) were used to reveal the coupling relationship between the spectra of the processed hyperspectral data and the Au geochemical anomalies. The results show that the GWR analysis has a much higher coefficient of determination, which implies that the Au geochemical anomalies and the spectral information are highly related to spatial locations. GWR works especially well for showing the regional Au geochemical anomaly trend and simulating the Au concentrated areas. The GWR model with application of the S-A method is applicable to the detection of Au geochemical anomalies, which could provide a potential method for Au deposit exploration using GF-5 hyperspectral data.


2021 ◽  
Vol 501 (2) ◽  
pp. 1081-1086
Author(s):  
A. V. Yatsuk ◽  
A. I. Gresov ◽  
V. I. Sergienko ◽  
Yu. P. Vasilenko ◽  
D. A Shvalov

2021 ◽  
pp. 51-64
Author(s):  
P. IGNATOV ◽  
A. TOLSTOV ◽  
A. KOLESNIK ◽  
E. PROTSENKO ◽  
M. MALTSEV

Materials are discussed on geologically similar structure of Norilsk ore district (NOD) and Vilyui-Markha interstream area (VMIA), which implies the latter prospects for Cu-Ni-PGM mineralization. Data is provided on Cu-Ni-Co-Zn mineral occurrences within Ygyattinsky diamondiferous region centered on VMIA. Geological similarities of NOD and VMIA are summarized below. Both regions are located in Mesozoic tectonomagmatic activation domain at the edge of large troughs: NOD is localized in the Siberian platform foredeep, and VMIA lies at Vilyui syneclise margin. NOD deposits are hosted by centroclines of large brachysynclines at slopes of Pyasinskoye dome. Within VMIA, prospects are located at Syuldyukarskoye dome slopes in margibal parts of large troughs. NOD and VMIA comprise Paleozoic marl-carbonate strata overlain by carbonaceous Carboniferous-Permian overburden, which could be assimilated by basaltic magma in Mesozoic contributing to its ore differentiation. Norilsk-Kharaelakh ore-bearing intrusion in VMIA appears to be similar to Kholomolokh sulfide-rich intrusion with its inferred extensive ore-bearing sills. They have similar composition and structure including presence of pegmatites. Ore-controlling Norilsk-Kharaelakh fault is believed to be simi- lar to Khatyryk-Kholomolokh fault, which was traced for 24 km by drilling and is one of sutures within deep-seated kimberlite-controlling Vilyui-Markha zone. This fault’s impact zone host concentrated geochemical anomalies and Cu-Ni-Co-Zn-Pt-Au-Ag Khomustakh occurrence. Based on this, Norilsk-type Cu-Ni prospects ranked as a potential ore cluster and three ore fields were identified


2021 ◽  
pp. 105110
Author(s):  
Jorge Lucero-Álvarez ◽  
Bryan F. Acosta-Rodríguez ◽  
Aldahir E. Araiza-González ◽  
Vanessa V. Espejel-García ◽  
Alejandro Villalobos-Aragón ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-240
Author(s):  
Yuri M. Panasenko ◽  
Vladimir E. Markov ◽  
Elena V. Karelina

The purpose of this article is to study the methods of constructing maps of geochemical anomalies using geostatistical methods. The example presented in the article shows the possibility of probabilistic determination of gold in strongly overlapped areas (Urup Island, Kuril Islands). On the site of the Kolenchaty Lidinskoye ore field, the gold ore occurrence of the Kolenchaty is known. It is timed to the incision of the river and disappears outside of it. This is due to the strong overlap of the area by Quaternary sediments. Together with the uneven distribution of gold, these circumstances complicate the construction of maps of geochemical anomalies and the identification of promising areas. To solve this problem, the Statistica program was used. With its help, a matrix of correlations was built, elements of the satellites of gold were selected, and a multiple regression equation for gold was drawn up. This equation was used to probabilistically calculate gold values at each sampling point. In ArcGis, Geostatistical Analyst, geochemical anomalies were mapped from the predicted gold value by kriging, and promising areas were highlighted.


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