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The Applications of Satellite Based Remote Sensing Techniques in the Hydrological Assessment of Mine Water Supply and Management Systems

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Mineral resources are often discovered in remote or mountainous areas where long-term hydrological records are either absent or limited. Satellite-based remote sensing techniques can provide indirect observations of phenomena of interest, such as rainfall depth, snow cover, evapotranspiration, and changes in groundwater levels. Quality and applicability of the data are limited by the spatial, spectral, and temporal resolution of images. Other limitations may arise from the algorithms used to interpret the data. Examples are provided on how new remote sensing has been used at sites owned by Barrick Gold Corporation. It should be stressed that, for the foreseeable future, remote sensing data can supplement, not replace, more traditional sources of information.

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Los recursos mineros son frecuentemente descubiertos en áreas montañosas o remotas donde los recursos hidrológicos están ausentes o son limitados. Las técnicas de detección satelital pueden proporcionar observaciones indirectas de los fenómenos de interés tales como la cantidad de precipitaciones, la cobertura con nieve, la evapotranspiración y los cambios en los niveles de agua subterránea. La calidad y la aplicabilidad de los datos están limitadas por la resolución espacial, espectral y temporal de las imágenes. Otras limitaciones son los algoritmos usados para interpretar los datos. Se proveen ejemplos de cómo los nuevos métodos de detección remota han sido usados en sitios pertenecientes a la Barrick Gold Corporation. Es previsible que en el futuro, los datos provenientes de la detección remota suplementarán, aunque no reemplazarán, otras fuentes tradicionales de información.

卫星遥感技术在煤矿供水与矿井水管理系统中的应用

矿产资源通常赋存于偏远山区, 这些地区的水文观测资料往往残缺不全。通过卫星遥感技术可以间接地获取水文信息与数据, 如降雨量、积雪度、土壤水分蒸腾发总量、地下水位变化等。所获取数据的质量和适用性取决于遥感影象的空间、光谱和时间分辨率, 还受影象解译处理算法等因素影响。新遥感技术在Barrick Gold公司所属矿区的得到现场应用。可以预见, 遥感数据将能够为传统数据更多的信息补充, 但不是取代传统信息。

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Davids Engineering and SEABAL North America for their contributions of SEABAL analytical results, Mr. Andrew Dean for the stream flow analysis for the Homestake mine study, and Professor John Bell from University of Nevada, Reno and Professor Kurt Katzenstein from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology for the InSAR study. Special thanks to Tethyan Copper Company Pty Ltd (TCC), Cerro Casale JV, Antofagasta plc, and Barrick Gold Corporation for permission to publish technical material related to the Reko Diq and Cerro Casale projects.

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    Mei Lin Shelp

  2. Barrick Gold Corp, 136 East South Temple, Suite 1800, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Guosheng Zhan & Bill Upton

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Shelp, M.L., Zhan, G. & Upton, B. The Applications of Satellite Based Remote Sensing Techniques in the Hydrological Assessment of Mine Water Supply and Management Systems. Mine Water Environ 30, 242–251 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10230-011-0153-5

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