Development and future prospects of quantitative mineral assessment in China

Shi-hong Zhang; Ke-yan Xiao; Jian-ping Chen; Jie Xiang; Ning Cui; Xiao-nan Wang

doi:10.31035/cg2018097

2019 Vol. 2, No. 2

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Shi-hong Zhang, Ke-yan Xiao, Jian-ping Chen, Jie Xiang, Ning Cui, Xiao-nan Wang, 2019. Development and future prospects of quantitative mineral assessment in China, China Geology, 2, 198-210. doi: 10.31035/cg2018097

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Shi-hong Zhang, Ke-yan Xiao, Jian-ping Chen, Jie Xiang, Ning Cui, Xiao-nan Wang, 2019. Development and future prospects of quantitative mineral assessment in China, China Geology, 2, 198-210. doi: 10.31035/cg2018097

Development and future prospects of quantitative mineral assessment in China

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MLR Key Laboratory of Metallogeny and Mineral Assessment, Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, China Geological Survey, Ministry of NaturalResources, Beijing 100037, China
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China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
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Development Research Center, China Geological Survey, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing 100037, China
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Sichuan Energy Industry Investment Group Co., Ltd, Chengdu 610011, China

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Corresponding authors: shzhang@outlook.com (Shi-hong Zhang); kyanxiao@sohu.com (Ke-yan Xiao)

Received Date: 08 March 2018

Revised Date: 27 April 2019

Accepted Date: 07 May 2019

Available Online: 07 June 2019

Publish Date: 25 June 2019

Abstract

Abstract

Mineral potential assessment at the Earth’s surface has been an important research for geoscientists around the world in the past five decades. The fundamental aspects of mineral assessment at different scales can be associated with the following tasks, e.g., mineral potential mapping and estimation of mineral resources. This paper summarized the history and development in terms of theories, methods technologies and software platforms for quantitative assessment of mineral resources in China, e.g. comprehensive information methodology, geological anomaly, three-component quantitative prediction method, 5P ore-finding area, integrated information assessment method, nonlinear process modeling and fractals, three dimensional mineral potential mapping, etc. At last, to discuss the future of quantitative mineral assessment in an era of big data including platform for 3D visualization, analysis and sharing, new methods and protocols for data cleaning, information enhancement, information integration, and uncertainties and multiple explanations of multi-information.
- Quantitative mineral assessment /
- Synthesis information /
- Fractals /
- Big data /
- 3D Geological modeling /
- Machine learning

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