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Feasibility of 3D Dipole-Dipole Electrical Resistivity Method to a Vein-Type Ore Deposit  

Min, Dong-Joo (Dept. of Energy Systems Engineering, Seoul National University)
Jung, Hyun-Key (Exploration Geophysics and Mining Engineering Dept., Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources)
Lee, Hyo-Sun (Exploration Geophysics and Mining Engineering Dept., Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources)
Park, Sam-Gyu (Exploration Geophysics and Mining Engineering Dept., Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources)
Lee, Ho-Yong (BK21 Division of Energy System Engineering, Seoul National University)
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Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration / v.12, no.3, 2009 , pp. 268-277 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently as the interest in the development of domestic ore deposits has increased, we can easily find some studies on exploration geophysics-based ore deposit survey in literature. Geophysical surveys have been applied to the investigation of both metallic and non-metallic ore deposit. For metallic ore-deposit survey, the 2D electrical resistivity method has been popularly used, because metallic mineral deposits are generally more conductive than surrounding media. However, geological structures are 3D rather than 2D structures, which may lead to misinterpretation in 2D inversion section. In this study, 3D effects are examined for several 3D structures such as a width-varying dyke model and a wedge-shaped model. We also investigate the effects of the direction of survey line. Numerical results show that the width-varying dyke model yields some low resistivity zone in the deep part, which is independent of real ore-body location. For the wedge-shaped model, even though the survey line is located apart from the ore body, the 2D inversion section still shows low resistivity zone in the deep part. When the survey line is not perpendicular to the strike of the ore body, the low resistivity zone is slightly broader but shallower than that obtained along the survey line perpendicular to the strike. For the survey lines that have an angle smaller than $45^{\circ}$ with the strike of the ore body, the inversion results are totally distorted. From these results, we conclude that 2-D survey and interpretation can lead to misinterpretation of subsurface structures, which may be linked to economical loss. Eventually, we recommend to apply 3-D rather than 2-D electrical resistivity survey for ore-deposit survey.
Keywords
3D; dipole-dipole array; electrical resistivity method; vein-type ore body; numerical modeling;
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