Scholarly record
ENHANCEMENT OF THE GEOPOTENTIAL OF SOLID MINERAL DEPOSITS
Abstract
The article examines the issues of effectiveness improving of use of geopotential of solid mineral deposits based on increasing knowledge about geological resources. The authors reveal the theoretical basis of the category -geopotential-. Special attention is paid to the features of cluster structure of deposits, where in the contours of the mining there are up to fifty and more percent of empty rocks and substandard reserves. The article proposes to keep account of natural patterns of mineral matter distribution, using the introduced coefficient of geological-economic (natural) dilution of estimated reserves to increase the geopotential of the deposit. The paper studies the geological background of its formation and discusses methods of approximate estimation. The article considers a comprehensive assessment of values of dilution, including different components - general dilution, consisting of currently normalized indicators of mining and constructive dilution during mining as well as geological-economic dilution of reserves. It-s presents the results of hidden reserves evaluation of improvement and use of deposits geopotential, the realization of all the totality of which not only increase the deposit geopotential, but also reduce total dilution, loss of associated components in the subsoil, as well as mining waste and the unproductive costs of transporting, crushing and grinding of substandard pieces of mineral raw materials.
Publication Impact Profile
- Captures
- Mendeley - Readers: 1
Publication details
References17
Taylor R. B., Steven T. A. Definition of mineral resource potential. Economic Geology, vol. 78, pp. 1268�1270, 1983. DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.78.6.1268
Marsh S. P., Kropschot S. J., Dickinson R. G. Wilderness Mineral Potential. Professional Paper United States Geological Survey 1300, 1984.
Dewitt E., Redden J. A., Wilson A. B., Buscher D. Mineral Resource Potential and Geology of the Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota and Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1580, 1986.
Goudarzi G. H. Guide to Preparation of Mineral Survey Reports on Public Lands. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-787, 42 p., 1984. DOI: 10.3133/ofr84787
Wellmer F.-W. Reserves and resources of the geosphere, terms so often misunderstood. Is the life index of reserves of natural resources a guide to the future? Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Geowissenschaften, no. 159 (4), pp. 575�590, 2008. DOI: 10.1127/1860-1804/2008/0159-0575
Wellmer F.-W., Scholz R. W. The right to know the geopotential of minerals for ensuring food supply security: The case of phosphorus, Journal of Industrial Ecology, vol. 19, no. 1. DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12230.
Dronov N. V. Present-day problems of system-based optimization of investment projects, Vestnik KRSU, no. 3, 2002.
Tolobekova B. Mining Economic Evaluation of Upland Ore Deposit during Mine Planning. Synopsys of Doctoral Dissertation. Bishkek, 2007.
Freidina E. V., Botvinnik A. A., Dvornikova A. N. Information technologies in resource potential control at coal deposit. Surface and Undersea Mineral Mining: VIII International Conference Proceedings. Sofia, vol. 1, 2005.
Gavrilov V. L., Freidina E. V. Approach to differentiation and evaluation of the potential of coal deposits at their development. Fundament. Prikl. Vopr. Gorn. Nauk., vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 35�42, 2020. DOI: 10.15372/FPVGN2020070106.
Alenichev V. M., Alenichev M. V. Enhancing geopotential of placer deposits. Mining Informational and Analytical Bulletin, no. 8, pp. 16�25, 2018. DOI: 10.25018/0236-1493-2018-8-0-16-25.
Yue Liu, Emmanuel John M. Carranza, Qinglin Xia. Developments in quantitative assessment and modeling of mineral resource potential: An overview, Natural Resources Research, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 1825�1840, 2022. DOI: 10.1007/s11053-022-10075-2.
Rhys S. Davies, David I. Groves, Allan Trench, Michael Dentith. Towards producing mineral resource-potential maps within a mineral systems framework, with emphasis on Australian orogenic gold systems, Ore Geology Reviews, no. 119, article 103369, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2020.103369.
Batugin S. A., Cherny E. D. Theoretical Framework for Assaying and Appraisal of Mineral Reserves. Novosibirsk: Nauka, 344 p., 1998.
Rombouts Luc. Geology and evaluation of the Guinean Diamond deposits, Annales de la Soci�t� g�ologique de Belgique, vol. 11, pp. 241�259, 1987.
Batugin S. A., Tkach S. M., Barakaeva I. D. Methodological framework for ore dilution assessment and recording, Mining Informational and Analytical Bulletin, no. 9, pp. 312�319, 2012.
Freidin A. M., Neverov A. A., Neverov S. A., Filippov P. A. Modern Methods of Deep-Level Ore Mining with Caving. Novosibirsk: SO RAN, 151 p., 2008.
View or Download full articleAccess options
SWS access login
Login as SWS Scientific CommitteeLogin as SWS Scientific PartnerLogin as SWS AuthorAuthors and approved SWS contributors will read and export their own linked papers after identity matching by SWS profile, email and SGEM GlobalID.
For librarian assistance: [email protected]
Purchase Instant Access
- Article can be downloaded after successful payment.
- Article may be used according to SWS library access terms.
- Article cannot be redistributed.