A new bentonite deposit prospected in the Cap des Trois Fourches area (north-eastern Rif, Morocco) using spectrometry by satellite imagery coupled with mineralogical, chemical, and microstructural investigations

Mapping and litho‐geophysical classification of potential mining areas by spatial remote sensing and helicopter‐borne gamma‐ray spectrometry (Tikirt, Anti‐Atlas, Morocco)

“…Several techniques have been proposed to orient mining exploration by targeting hydrothermal alteration zones (Amin et al., 2011; Bolouki et al., 2020; Di Tommaso & Rubinstein, 2007; El Janati, 2019; Et‐Tayea et al., 2021; Lamrani et al., 2021; Mamouch et al., 2023, 2022; Masoumi et al., 2021; Miftah et al., 2022; Ouchchen et al., 2022, 2021; Rowan et al., 2003; Salehi & Tangestani, 2020; Shirmard et al., 2020; Zamyad et al., 2019). Some of these studies have proved the usefulness of satellite image processing of multispectral sensors such as Landsat, Sentinel and especially ASTER in targeting hydrothermally altered areas.…”

Mapping of Hydrothermal Alteration Zones in the Kelâat M’Gouna Region Using Airborne Gamma-Ray Spectrometry and Remote Sensing Data: Mining Implications (Eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco)

“…Many methods have been proposed to map the spatial distribution of hydrothermal alteration zones. The method of processing multispectral satellite images, especially those of the ASTER sensor, is qualified among the most used approaches [4,[6][7][8]10,11,[13][14][15][16][17][18]. Apart from remote sensing data, processing of geophysical data contributes assuredly to minerals exploration through their different geophysical components (gravimetric, magnetometric, electrical, electromagnetic and natural gamma spectrometric methods) [19][20][21][22][23][24].…”