Improving bitumen detection in resistivity surveys by using induced polarisation data

Investigating the applicability of induced polarization method in ore modelling and drilling optimization: a case study from Abassabad, Iran

“…CRSP array surveying: (a) electrode configuration of a single CRSP array, (b) example current and potential dipoles used for CRSP array, (c) data gathering through ER surveying using successive CRSP stations along profiles and (d) additional Schlumberger data that may be used to improve CRSP array datasets (Mashhadi et al . ).…”

“…IP and ER methods are among the most applicable geophysical methods used in subsurface studies notably for selection of the best drilling points for exploration purposes (Bishop and Emerson 1999;Wynn and Grosz 2000;Ferdows and Ramazi 2015b;Hope and Andersson 2016). Some examples of their increased usage include copper exploration using 3D IP modelling in NSW, Australia (Whaite et al 2001), using combination of ER and IP in polymetal deposit in China (Yang, Liu and Wang 2008), gold exploration at the eastern desert of Egypt by IP measurement (Taha et al 2018), combination of ER, IP and microgravity to detect buried caves in Spain (Martínez-Moreno et al 2013), copper exploration using IP and ER in Iran (Ramazi and Jalali 2014), gold-silver deposit exploration by IP method in Russia (Gurin et al 2015), detection of the uranium mineralization zone in India (Biswas and Sharma 2016), integration of geophysical methods including IP and ER methods for massive sulphide exploration in Sweden (Tavakoli et al 2016), bitumen mineralization exploration in the west of Iran (Mashhadi, Mostafaei and Ramazi 2017), gold deposit exploration by 3D-induced polarization modelling in Indonesia (Halim et al 2017), 3D tomography of induced polarization and its application in polymetallic mine (Jun-Lu et al 2017), copper mineral exploration using 3D model of IP and resistivity in Brazil (Morriera et al 2018), investigation of a rock glacier by 3D tomography of IP and ER in France (Duvillard et al 2018) and urban area investigation by 3D IP and ER in Stockholm (Pazzi et al 2018;Rossi et al 2017Rossi et al , 2018.…”

“…These methods are of wide range, and various techniques have been developed and their usage in mineral reserve estimation is increasing (Wu and Zhou 1993;Jalloh et al 2016, Ben-awuah andPadmanabhan 2017;Goswami, Mishra and Patra 2017). Figure 3 CRSP array surveying: (a) electrode configuration of a single CRSP array, (b) example current and potential dipoles used for CRSP array, (c) data gathering through ER surveying using successive CRSP stations along profiles and (d) additional Schlumberger data that may be used to improve CRSP array datasets (Mashhadi et al 2017).…”

“…), detection of the uranium mineralization zone in India (Biswas and Sharma ), integration of geophysical methods including IP and ER methods for massive sulphide exploration in Sweden (Tavakoli et al . ), bitumen mineralization exploration in the west of Iran (Mashhadi, Mostafaei and Ramazi ), gold deposit exploration by 3D‐induced polarization modelling in Indonesia (Halim et al . ), 3D tomography of induced polarization and its application in polymetallic mine (Jun‐Lu et al .…”

Mineral resource estimation using a combination of drilling and IP&Rs data using statistical and cokriging methods

“…Geophysical methods especially IP-Rs methods are widely used in earth sciences including mineral exploration, engineering geology, environmental studies and etc. We can be mentioned some case as follow; Gold-silver deposit exploration by IP in Russia (Gurin et al, 2015), Uranium mineralization detection in India (Biswas and Sharma, 2016), Bitumen exploration in Iran using IP-Rs (Mashhadi et al, 2017), detection deeply buried cave in Spain using combination of IP-Rs and gravity (Martinez-Moreno et al, 2013), sinkhole investigation in urban area using ERT and GPR (Sevil et al, 2017), investigation of coal washing waste pile in Iran by geoelectrical methods (Jodeiri et al, 2014) , investigation of landfill leaching plume using 2D and 3D ERT (Maurya et al, 2017).…”