Automatic contouring of geological maps to detect target areas for mineral exploration |
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| Authors: | F P Agterberg |
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| Institution: | 1. Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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| Abstract: | Various statistical methods for predicting mineral potential from geological maps are reviewed. It is pointed out that, if the features are coded in more detail for relatively small cells, several new problems arise because of the dichotomous nature of the resulting variables. The objective of this paper is to present a method for the automatic contouring of both discovered and undiscovered deposits of a given type in terms of the geological framework. It is based on the assumption that the probability of occurrence of a deposit is fully determined by a combination of functions of the mappable geological attributes in a region. Application of the logistic model is proposed for the situation in which relatively few deposits of a given type are known to exist in the study region. |
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