Resource estimation of structurally complex and discontinuous mineralization using non-linear geostastistics: Case study of a mesothermal gold deposit in northern Canada

Exploration and Mining Geology

Volumn 11, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 19-29

  Abzalov, M Z ^a   Humphreys, M ^b  

^a BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

^b SRK CONSULTING   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; GOLD; LODE DEPOSIT; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINERALIZATION; MINING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33751215120     PISSN: 09641823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/11.1-4.19     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. ABZALOV, M.Z. and HUMPHREYS, M., 2002. Geostatistically assisted domaining of structurally complex mineralisation: Method and case studies. AusIMM 2002 Conference: 150 Years of Mining. Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Publication Series 6/02, p. 345-350.
2. ARMITAGE, A.E., TELLA, S. and MILLER, A.R., 1993. Iron-formation-hosted gold mineralisation and its geological setting, Meliadine Lake area, district of Keewatin, Northwest Territories. In Current Research, Part C. Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 93-1C, p. 187-195.
3. ARMSTRONG, M. and CHAMPIGNY, N., 1989. A study on kriging small blocks. CIM Bulletin, 923, p. 128-133.
4. BLEINES, C., DERAISME, J., GEFFROY, F., PERSEVAL, S., RAMBERT, F., RENARD, D. and TOUFFAIT, Y., 2001. ISATIS software manual. Geovariances and École des Mines de Paris, 531 p.
5. HUMPHREYS, M., 1998. Local recoverable estimation: A case study in uniform conditioning on the Wandoo Project for Boddington gold mine. In Proceedings, Beyond Ordinary Kriging. Geostatistical Association of Australasia, p. 1-10.
6. ISAAKS, E. and SRIVASTAVA, R., 1989. Applied Geostatistics. Oxford University Press, New York, 561 p.
7. JOURNEL, A.G., 1983. Nonparametric estimation of spatial distributions. Journal of Mathematical Geology, 15, p. 445-468.
8. JOURNEL, A.G., 1989. Fundamentals of Geostatistics in Five Lessons. Short Course in Geology, American Geophysical Union, 8, 40 p.
9. JOURNEL, A.G. and HUIJBREGTS, C.J., 1978. Mining Geostatistics. Academic Press, London, 600 p.
10. KRIGE, D.G., 1996. A practical analysis of the effects of spatial structure and data available and assessed, on conditional bases in ordinary kriging. In Geostatistics Wollongong '96. Edited by E.Y. Basfi and N.A. Schofield. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, p. 799-810.
11. MILLER, A.R., BALOG, M.J. and TELLA, S., 1995. Oxide iron-formation-hosted lode gold, Meliadine trend, Rankin Inlet Group, Churchill Province, Northwest Territories. In Current Research, 1995-C. Geological Survey of Canada, p. 163-174.
12. RIVOIRARD, J., 1987. Two key parameters when choosing the kriging neighbourhood. Journal of Mathematical Geology, 19, p. 851-856.
13. RIVOIRARD, J., 1994. Introduction to Disjunctive Kriging and Non-linear Geostatistics. Oxford Press, Clarendon, 181 p.
14. TELLA, S., MIKKEL, S., ARMITAGE, A.E., SEEMAYER, B.E. and LEMKOW, D., 1992. Precambrian geology and economic potential of the Meliadine Lake-Barbour Bay region, District of Keewatin, Northwest Territories. In Current Research, Part C. Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 92-1C, p. 1-11.
15. VANN, J. and GUIBAL, D., 2001. Beyond ordinary kriging - An overview of non-linear estimation. In Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve Estimation - The AusIMM Guide to Good Practise. Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, p. 249-256.