scholarly journals Research on Hyperspectral Identification of Altered Minerals in Yemaquan West Gold Field, Xinjiang

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziwu Pan ◽  
Junjie Liu ◽  
Liqun Ma ◽  
Fengrui Chen ◽  
Guchang Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Mineral Assemblage ◽  
Shear Zones ◽  
Gold Deposits ◽  
Mineral Extraction ◽  
Mineral Mapping ◽  
Geological Characteristics ◽  
Field Verification ◽  
Gold Silver ◽  
Ground Conditions

Predictions of prospectivity based on remote sensing were developed using alteration mineral indicative hyperspectral mapping and remote sensing anomaly filtering, combined with geological characteristics and anomalous mineral field verification. Based on the results of the hyperspectral mineral mapping and the actual geological ground conditions, the results of mapping of altered minerals, such as chlorite, muscovite, kaolinite, and iron oxide were validated, and gold, silver, copper, nickel, and other geochemical anomaly areas were identified for verification work. The results of hyperspectral mineral extraction show that the mineral assemblage closely related to gold deposits in shear zones is muscovite + chlorite + epidote + kaolinite. This alteration mineral assemblage can be used as regional search criteria for shear zone gold mineralisation and was the basis for the discovery of mineralised hydrothermal alteration centres and delineation of four prospective targets. Established on a spectral prospectivity model of the study area, prospective ore-bearing areas have been delineated, which indicate the direction for further geological and mineral resource surveys.

Evaporite mineral mapping and determining their source rocks using remote sensing data in Sirjan playa, Kerman, Iran

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azam Soltaninejad ◽  
Hojjatollah Ranjbar ◽  
Mehdi Honarmand ◽  
Sara Dargahi
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Mineral Mapping ◽  
Sensing Data

scholarly journals Information and computational GIS for monitoring the natural and technical systems of placer gold deposits

2021 ◽  
Vol 895 (1) ◽  
pp. 012036
Author(s):  
V I Usikov ◽  
Y A Ozaryan
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Precious Metals ◽  
Gold Deposits ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Expert Assessment ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Placer Gold ◽  
Geological Information

Abstract It is known that nowadays one of the main problems of mining is the depletion of reserves. The researchers consider mining waste as a source of replenishment of the resource base. Disputes on the prospects for technogenic raw material processing are becoming especially relevant. The object of research chosen by the authors in this article is the technogenic neoplasms resulting from dredging and hydraulic processing of placer gold. The paper presents the results of assessing the prospects and application of the information technologies, in particular, the analysis of data from remote sensing of the Earth in the design and organization of work to involve technogenic placers in operation. It is shown that these technologies are able to increase the efficiency of work and reduce labor costs at the stage of preliminary study of potential development targets. Technogenic complexes of depleted fields are a significant reserve of the mineral resource base of gold and other precious metals. This paper presents the results of the creation of a method for expert assessment of spatial and volumetric indicators of technogenic complexes of alluvial fields and other landscape objects using remote sensing of the territory and analysis of geological information. The Kerbinsky gold-bearing region of the Khabarovsk Region was chosen as the object of research.

Gold-bismuth-telluride-sulphide assemblages at the Viceroy Mine, Harare-Bindura-Shamva greenstone belt, Zimbabwe

2008 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 953-970 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Oberthür ◽  
T. W. Weiser
Keyword(s):  
Native Gold ◽  
Gold Mineralization ◽  
Close Association ◽  
Shear Zones ◽  
Gold Deposits ◽  
Orogenic Gold ◽  
Main Stage ◽  
Melting Temperatures ◽  
Native Bismuth ◽  
Gold Bearing

AbstractGold mineralization at the Viceroy Mine is hosted in extensional veins in steep shear zones that transect metabasalts of the Archaean Arcturus Formation. The gold mineralization is generally made up of banded or massive quartz carrying abundant coarse arsenopyrite. However, most striking is a distinct suite of Au-Bi-Te-S minerals, namely joseite-A (Bi4TeS2), joseite-B (Bi4Te2S), hedleyite (Bi7Te3), ikunolite (Bi4S3), ‘protojoseite’ (Bi3TeS), an unnamed mineral (Bi6Te2S), bismuthinite (Bi2S3), native Bi, native gold, maldonite (Au2Bi), and jonassonite (AuBi5S4). The majority of the Bi-Te-S phases is characterized by Bi/(Se+Te) ratios of >1. Accordingly, this assemblage formed at reduced conditions at relatively low fS2 and fTe2. Fluid-inclusion thermometry indicates depositional temperatures of the main stage of mineralization of up to 342°C, in the normal range of mesothermal, orogenic gold deposits worldwide. However, melting temperatures of Au-Bi-Te phases down to at least 235°C (assemblage (Au2Bi + Bi + Bi7Te3)) imply that the Au-Bi-Te phases have been present as liquids or melt droplets. Furthermore, the close association of native gold, native bismuth and other Bi-Te-S phases suggests that gold was scavenged from the hydrothermal fluids by Bi-Te-S liquids or melts. It is concluded that a liquid/melt-collecting mechanism was probably active at Viceroy Mine, where the distinct Au-Bi-Te-S assemblage either formed late as part of the main, arsenopyrite-dominated mineralization, or it represents a different mineralization event, related to rejuvenation of the shear system. In either case, some of the gold may have been extracted from pre-existing, gold-bearing arsenopyrite by Bi-Te-S melts, thus leading to an upgrade of the gold ores at Viceroy. The Au-Bi-Te-S assemblage represents an epithermal-style mineralization overprinted on an otherwise mesothermal (orogenic) gold mineralization.

scholarly journals Integrated Hyperspectral and Geochemical Study of Sediment-Hosted Disseminated Gold at the Goldstrike District, Utah

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 1987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Sun ◽  
Shuhab Khan ◽  
Peter Shabestari
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Hyperspectral Imaging ◽  
Gold Mineralization ◽  
Pyrite Oxidation ◽  
Gold Deposits ◽  
Remote Sensing Technique ◽  
Geochemical Study ◽  
Resource Exploration ◽  
Ore Grades ◽  
Siliciclastic Rocks

The Goldstrike district in southwest Utah is similar to Carlin-type gold deposits in Nevada that are characterized by sediment-hosted disseminated gold. Suitable structural and stratigraphic conditions facilitated precipitation of gold in arsenian pyrite grains from ascending gold-bearing fluids. This study used ground-based hyperspectral imaging to study a core drilled in the Goldstrike district covering the basal Claron Formation and Callville Limestone. Spectral modeling of absorptions at 2340, 2200, and 500 nm allowed the extraction of calcite, clay minerals, and ferric iron abundances and identification of lithology. This study integrated remote sensing and geochemistry data and identified an optimum stratigraphic combination of limestone above and siliciclastic rocks below in the basal Claron Formation, as well as decarbonatization, argillization, and pyrite oxidation in the Callville Limestone, that are related with gold mineralization. This study shows an example of utilizing ground-based hyperspectral imaging in geological characterization, which can be broadly applied in the determination of mining interests and classification of ore grades. The utilization of this new terrestrial remote sensing technique has great potentials in resource exploration and exploitation.

scholarly journals A Combined Quantitative Evaluation Model for the Capability of Hyperspectral Imagery for Mineral Mapping

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Li ◽  
Xinchen Huang ◽  
Huijie Zhao ◽  
Xianfei Qiu ◽  
Kewang Deng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Imaging System ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Spectral Response ◽  
Influence Factors ◽  
Hyperspectral Data ◽  
Statistical Characteristics ◽  
Mineral Mapping ◽  
Proposed Model

To analyze the influence factors of hyperspectral remote sensing data processing, and quantitatively evaluate the application capability of hyperspectral data, a combined evaluation model based on the physical process of imaging and statistical analysis was proposed. The normalized average distance between different classes of ground cover is selected as the evaluation index. The proposed model considers the influence factors of the full radiation transmission process and processing algorithms. First- and second-order statistical characteristics (mean and covariance) were applied to calculate the changes for the imaging process based on the radiation energy transfer. The statistical analysis was combined with the remote sensing process and the application performance, which consists of the imaging system parameters and imaging conditions, by building the imaging system and processing models. The season (solar zenith angle), sensor parameters (ground sampling distance, modulation transfer function, spectral resolution, spectral response function, and signal to noise ratio), and number of features were considered in order to analyze the influence factors of the application capability level. Simulated and real data collected by Hymap in the Dongtianshan area (Xinjiang Province, China), were used to estimate the proposed model’s performance in the application of mineral mapping. The predicted application capability of the proposed model is consistent with the theoretical analysis.

Prospecting Direction and Geological Characteristics of the Jiwa Area, Nima County, Tibet

2012 ◽  
Vol 616-618 ◽  
pp. 73-79
Author(s):  
Jian Guo Wang
Keyword(s):  
Gold Deposits ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Geological Characteristics ◽  
Evolution Characteristics ◽  
Low Degree ◽  
Distribution Of Elements ◽  
Vein Type ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Rock Strata

It is a low degree of geological studiedness in Jiwa area, the published synthesis and other reliable data is rare. By adopting similar analogy and comprehensive analysis methods, it found that the content is the highest about Au, As, Sb, Cu and W based on the relationship of the distribution of elements and time, this characteristic has reflected the evolution characteristics of carbonate in Palaeozoic in this area. The content is the highest about Pb, Zn, Ag and Cd in volcanic rock strata in Paleogene-Neogene, it reflected that the characteristic of elements associations related to intermediate-acidic volcanic activity. The content is the highest about Au, Ag and Sn in strata in Quaternary, which would forms gold deposits (spots), it reflected mainly the characteristic of elements mineral enrichment related with weathering origin in period. There are three minerals-ore combination types of wolframite-molybdenum-bismuthinite-chalcopyrite-pyrite quartz vein type, wolframite-molybdenum-bismuthinite-chalcopyrite-pyrite mica-quartz type, tungsten-molybden- limonite ores-oxidised type. Prospecting direction is Au-Pb-Zn hydrothermal filling type, the Cu deposit of sand-type and skarn-type copper polymetallic deposit. It has very important theory and real sense via scientific investigation of main geologic characteristics and metallogenic models research in Jiwa area.

Study on Remote Sensing Faults Information Extraction in Eastern Kunlun, NW China

2013 ◽  
Vol 380-384 ◽  
pp. 3958-3961
Author(s):  
Xiao Hu Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Image Processing ◽  
Structural Information ◽  
Shear Zones ◽  
Remote Sensing Image ◽  
Extraction Methods ◽  
Orogenic Belt ◽  
Remote Sensing Images ◽  
Structure Information ◽  
Geological Body

Choosing the junction of Altun-Kunlun orogenic belt as the anatomical area of extracting complex texture and structure information from remote sensing images, make full use of multi-band remote sensing images to reflect the characteristics of the properties, to extract hidden information through image processing. Analyzing the structure elements by geological body, rock combination, linear and banded structure, penetrative and non-penetrative planar structure, folds, to carry out the surficial composition and structure research of the the junction of Altun-Kunlun orogenic belt, identifying different geological bodies, the fault zones, ductile shear zones, superimposed folds and different strain zones, the different types of foliation, clarifying the characteristics of multi-source remote sensing image from the angle of the image processing methods, proposing new remote sensing image extraction methods and recognition of structural information technology and new understanding of the regional geology.

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