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Refer Champigny
and Armstrong
(1994)
Introduction
The cost of developing a mine is of
the order of 10's to 100's of millions
of dollars.
Fnancial decisions regarding
production must be built on a good
understanding of the mineral assets
available.
Estimation of grade and location of
material in the ground (in situ
resources) must be known with an
acceptable degree of confidence.
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Mineral Inventory
Estimates
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Figure
(left):
discretizati
on of an
ore deposit
Table (below):
sequence of data
gathering
Ore
Cutoff Grade
Refer Taylor (1972)
Continuity
geological continuity
value continuity
Table (below): optimum
cutoff grade
Continuity is an important
parameter in several
national classification
systems used to describe
formally those parts of a
mineral deposit that can be
regarded as being well
defined assets.
Geological
Continuity
Figure (below):
geological continuity as
a function of mineral
abundance
Refer King et al
(1982)
Figure (below):
interpreting continuity
Geological continuity is a
geometric feature and a
function of scale.
of ore
Geological continuity is
interpreted from
observations regarding the
nature of primary or
secondary geological
features
Interpretation is based on
an understanding of
continuity derived from a
geological framework that
is known only within limits.
For convenience, deposit
types can be grouped into a
few basic categories ...
massive / disseminated
stratiform
vein systems
surficial
alluvial
Value
Continuity
Figure (right):
homogeneity vs.
abundance
Figure (left):
drillhole grade
profile
Figure (right):
experimental
semivariograms
Figure (left):
ore deposit
domains
See Diluti
on
Continuity Domains
Refer Pan et al
(1993)
Figure (below):
idealized cross section
of porphyry-type
mineralization
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Reserves and
Resources
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Figure (left):
JORC
classification
(Australia)
Table (below):
information for a
mineral inventory study
Refer Anon.
(1996)
Recoverable Reserves
Refer Journel
(1985d)
Refer Kenn
edy and
Wade (1972)
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Una estimacin global puede ser utilizado para cuantificar una reserva o
recurso que formar la base de la produccin continua.
Estimacin local se utiliza comnmente para la planificacin de la produccin
de corto y medio.
Muchas jurisdicciones gubernamentales requieren que las estimaciones pueden
clasificar de acuerdo a un sistema legal o reconocido profesionalmente
aceptada para su publicacin formal.
Algunos conceptos esenciales en Mineral estimacin del inventario
Las partidas de la sesin:
Trminos y conceptos Ver texto detallado
Es til para definir una serie de trminos y conceptos que son ampliamente
integradas en el trabajo de inventario mineral.
Ore Ver texto detallado
Consulte Taylor (1986)
En el trabajo de inventario de mineral, el trmino "mineral" se aplica a la roca
mineralizada en el sentido de "control de calidad en las reservas de mineral".