3D Geological Modeling of Pulang Copper Deposit, Yunnan Province of China

Author

Sun, Yue ; Wang, Gongwen

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Geol. Processes & Miner. Resources, China Univ. of Geosci., Beijing, China

fYear

2012

fDate

11-13 May 2012

Firstpage

294

Lastpage

298

Abstract

The three-dimensional (3D) geological model can be applied to observe the geological subjects of the deposit from all aspects and the orientation as borehole as its geometry. In this paper, firstly, Discrete Smooth Interpolation (DSI) method with GOCAD software was applied to construct 3D topographic and geologic models of the Pulang Copper in Yunnan based on the elevation and borehole data; secondly, the 3D ore body model is constructed using both boreholes and cross-sections which are constrained by the 3D topographic and geologic models; finally, the copper reserve in this deposit was evaluated using regular block cells.

Keywords

CAD; copper; geology; interpolation; minerals; solid modelling; 3D geological modeling; 3D ore body model; 3D topographic model; DSI method; GOCAD software; Pulang copper deposit; Yunnan; borehole data; discrete smooth interpolation; elevation data; geological object computer aided design; three-dimensional geological model; Computational modeling; Copper; Geology; Solid modeling; Surface topography; Surface treatment; Three dimensional displays; 3D geological model; DSI; GOCAD; Pulang Copper;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Systems and Network Technologies (CSNT), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rajkot

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1538-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSNT.2012.71

Filename

6200670