Geological modeling of rock type domains in the Balya (Turkey) lead-zinc deposit using plurigaussian simulation

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dc.contributor.authorYunsel, Tayfun Y.
dc.contributor.authorErsoy, Adem
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-06T17:38:08Z
dc.date.available2025-01-06T17:38:08Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractMineral resource evaluation requires defining geological rock-type domains. The traditional simulation methods have serious limitations for applications to large numbers of domains, which have complex contact relations. Plurigaussian simulation is an effective method which can be applied, in a simple way, to any number of domains, using both local and global geological information to infer the distributions of rock types. This work not only presents the application of the plurigaussian simulation method to the Balya lead-zinc deposit, but also assesses the spatially varying rock type proportions, and accounts for uncertainties between them. These parameters are extremely important for mining deposits, since the mineralizations of interest generally occur only in certain rock types. Furthermore, being able to model the different geological rock types is vital to good mine operations, production planning, and management. The results indicate that the plurigaussian method correctly reproduces the different orientations of the individual rock types, as seen in drill holes, and the proportion of each rock type, even if this varies in space.
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific Research Projects Unit of Cukurova University (Turkey) [MMF.2010.14]
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors are grateful to Dedeman Mining for providing the data set used in this work. This research was partly funded by the Scientific Research Projects Unit of Cukurova University (Turkey) through the project number MMF.2010.14. Also, the anonymous reviewers are gratefully acknowledged.
dc.identifier.doi10.2478/s13533-012-0113-z
dc.identifier.endpage89
dc.identifier.issn2081-9900
dc.identifier.issn1896-1517
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84875135755
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage77
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2478/s13533-012-0113-z
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14669/2493
dc.identifier.volume5
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000316260100007
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDe Gruyter Poland Sp Z O O
dc.relation.ispartofCentral European Journal of Geosciences
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241211
dc.subjectGeological modeling
dc.subjectrock type domains
dc.subjectplurigaussian simulation
dc.subjectlead-zinc deposit
dc.titleGeological modeling of rock type domains in the Balya (Turkey) lead-zinc deposit using plurigaussian simulation
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