Multidimensional Spatial Modeling of the May Day Mine Waste Pile, Silverton; Colorado

摘要

Integration and syntesis of mine-site topography, geophsyical, and geochemical data yields both two-dimensional and three-dimensional perspective models for the May Day mine located in the Cement Creek drainage near Silvertion. Colorado. Induced polarization, geophysical data are spatially registered with geochemical data acquired from drill hole cuttings that ar contoured in three-dimensional space, thereby permitting determination of the most metalliferous and sulfur rich zones of a waste pile. This spatial modeling application was developed to be a visually intuitive tool to aid in mine waste reclamation.