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http://dx.doi.org/10.7582/GGE.2014.17.3.147

Magnetic Data Analysis of the Chromium Mineralized Belt in Bophi Vum area, Northwestern Myanmar  

Park, Gyesoon (Mineral Resources Department, Mineral Resources Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
Heo, Chul-Ho (Mineral Resources Department, Mineral Resources Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
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Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration / v.17, no.3, 2014 , pp. 147-154 More about this Journal
Abstract
For analyzing the distribution of chromite, magnetic survey was carried out on the chromium mineralized belt in Bophi Vum area, northwestern Myanmar. As a result, the magnetic susceptibility of chromite is lower than those of dunite and harzburgite, which are background rocks of chromite. Also, the locations of low magnetic anomaly zone and low magnetic susceptibility models of 3D magnetic inversion result are spatially well matched with those of chromite occurrences confirmed by the surface geological survey and trench survey. Some of low magnetic effects are expanded to the periphery area of chromite occurrences. Considering the magnetic susceptibility characteristics of various rocks in this area, the expanded low magnetic anomaly zones are estimated as the high potential areas bearing chromite. For confirming the potential area of chromite pointed by coarse magnetic survey, the additional detail exploration need to be carried out in future.
Keywords
magnetic survey; chromite ore deposit;
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