Detecting and recovering critical mineral resource systems using broadband total-field airborne natural source audio frequency magnetotellurics measurements摘要
Airborne geophysical methods offer a substantial advantage compared to ground -based techniques in exploring territories of different sizes, ranging from entire metallogenic provinces to deposit scale, including those hosting critical minerals. airborne method with measurements of natural magnetic variations, known as audio frequency magnetotellurics passive field method), significantly increases the depth of investigation and expands the resistivity detection range compared some controlled -source primary -field methods. We describe the technical solutions used in an airborne electromagpassive system with a mobile sensor of the total magnetic variations and the stationary sensor of electric field variations, and its applications to recovering the complex geology of hydrothermal -magmatic systems often associated with critical minerals. The system's ability to explore depths, typically beginning from the near -surface and down to 1-2 km, by recording responses in three orthogonal inductive coils over a broad bandwidth from 22 Hz to 21,000 Hz allows for mapping resistivities across a broad range. This capability is crucial for obtaining more comprehensive exploration models. Field case studies of the natural field system include application in exploring for unconformity uranium mineralization, along with other associated minerals, epithermal gold and polymetallicbearing structures, and ferromanganese and polymetallic deposits formed in a continental rift valley. An extra case study involving kimberlites was incorporated as a proven example of the natural field system's capability in conducting near -surface and deep investigations. The case histories illustrate the airborne natural electromagnetic field technology capabilities in recovering geoelectric models and their specific patterns.
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