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1、李露露(第一章)郑迪(第二章)P5Unit1Geology,SurveyingandFeasibilityStudies地质、测量及可行性研究1.1MineralExploration地质勘探Mineralexplorationistheprocessundertakenbycompanies,partnerships.orcorporationsintheendeavouroffindingore(commerciallyviableconcentrationsofminerals)tomine.Mineralexplorationisamuchmoreintensive,organised
2、andprofessionalformofmineralprospectingandthoughitfrequentlyusestheservicesofprospecting,theprocessofmineralexplorationonthewholeismuchmoreinvolved.Stagesofmineralexplorationareincludes:1.AreaSelectionAreaselectionisacrucialstepinprofessionalmineralexploration.Selectionofthebest,mostprospective,area
3、inamineralfield,geologicalregionorterrainwillassistinmakingitnotonlypossibletofindoredeposits,buttofindthemeasily,cheaplyandquickly.Areaselectionisbasedonapplyingthetheoriesbehindoregenesis,theknowledgeofknownoreoccurrencesandthemethodoftheirformation,toknowngeologicalregionsviathestudyofgeologicalm
4、aps,todeterminepotentialareaswheretheparticularclassoforedepositbeingsoughtmayexist.Oftentimesnewstylesofdepositsmaybefoundwhichrevealopportunitiestofindlookalikedepositstylesinrocksandterranespreviouslythoughunprospective,whichmayresultinaprocessofofleasesinsimilargeologicalsettingsbasedonthisnewmo
5、delormethodology.Thisprocessappliesthedisciplinesofbasinmodeling,structuralgeology.geochronology,petrologyandahostofgeophysicalandgeochemicaldisciplinestomakepredictionsanddrawparallelsbetweentheknownoredepositsandtheirphysicalformandtheunknownpotentialoffindinga“lookalike”withintheareaselected.李露露(
6、第一章)郑迪(第二章)P7prospectingfortungstenmineralisation.4.RemoteSensingAerialphotographyisanimportanttoolinassessingmineralrxploraliontenements,asitgivestheexplorerorientationinformation—locationoftracks,roads,fences,habitation,aswellasabilitytoatleastqualitativelymapoutcropsandregolithsystematicsandveget
7、ationcoveracrossaregion.Satellitebasedspectroscopesallowthemodemmineralexplorationist,inregionsdevoidofcoverandvegetation,tomapmineralsandalterationdirectly.Improvementsintheresolutionofmodemcommercia