Estudos geoestatísticos aplicados à um depósito magmático de Ni-Cu / Geoestatiscal studies applied to a Ni-Cu magmatic deposit

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

The studied deposit is composed of a mafic-ultramafic suite with cupro-nickeliferous sulphide mineralization associates and has an extensive data base with information such as chemical analyses and density, and such as lithologic description on the borehole samples. This work presents the application of different geostatistics techniques with two distinct aims. First, the calculation of the mineral resources of the deposit through ordinary kriging, and second the generation of a geological model from estimated of lithologies through indicator kriging. In order to reach this aim, validation of the database through the analysis of the descriptive statisticians and analysis of multiple regression was done for the continuous variable, and cluster analysis for the categorical variable. The procedure for threedimensional modeling was carried out for the three geologic units and the ore bodies, just then the estimates of nickel and copper grades were calculated through ordinary kriging and lithologies through indicator kriging. In this way it was possible to generate probabilistic geological model useful to understanding rock body geometry and stratigraphy and to compare geological classic interpretation and chemical grades with categorical estimates, which leads to conclude the use of indicator kriging as an insteristing alternative to mineral deposits evaluation.

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geoestatística aplicada indicator kriging magmatic deposits applied geostatistics depósitos magmáticos krigagem indicadora

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