The study on the method of monitoring and analyzing mineral environment with remote sensing images

The mineral environment of the DeXing Copper, in JiangXi Province in China, is monitored and analyzed by making use of the field spectral data and remote sensing images, TM data as well as ETM data, in different mineral developmental period. The location of the mine tailings is identified and its change in area and volume versus the time is calculated as well. A method to use DEM (Digital Elevation Model) for analyzing the change of the volume for the pollution source and its impact to the local environment is proposed in this paper. It provides the quantitative description for the mineral environmental pollution. This method can be used to monitor the open mineral environment, which has the same environmental problem like DeXing Copper Mine. It´s beneficial for the local government to supervise the mineral environmental changes and be aware of the pollution status dynamically and lively.