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Spectral-induced polarization characterization of rocks from the Handuk iron mine, South Korea

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Spectral-induced polarization (SIP) using the electrochemical reaction at the interface between mineral particle and groundwater is a powerful tool for the exploration of minerals. However, SIP responses of rocks have not been fully characterized because it is influenced by various petrological properties. In this study, the relationship between SIP responses and the petrological features of representative rocks from skarn deposits was analyzed. For the evaluation of the SIP responses, chargeability and relaxation time of time domain induced polarization (IP) were calculated by an equivalent circuit analysis. Among various circuit models used for the analysis, an existing circuit model was utilized for this study because it sufficiently describes the electrochemical reaction of water-saturated rocks and is more suitable for the analysis of heterogeneous rocks than the other models. The circuit model was found to be appropriate because the normalized root mean square error between the observed values and ones obtained through the model fittings reasonably low, ranging from 4.18 to 0.05 %. The chargeability values of the mineralized rocks were higher than those of the non-mineralized rocks (igneous and carbonates), and the relaxation time was related to the grain size of the magnetite. It was found that the SIP characteristics of the mineralized rocks are dependent on features of the ore minerals. In the non-mineralized rocks, there was little difference in the chargeability, whereas the variation in their relaxation time values was influenced by the feldspar content (sericitization) and the grain size of the calcite (recrystallization). The SIP characteristics of the non-mineralized rocks are considered to be dependent on the grade of the hydrothermal alteration.

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This research was supported by the Basic Research Project of the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and Resources of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology and Planning (KETEP) grant funded by the Korea Government Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) (20142510101750).

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    S. W. Shin & Samgyu Park

  2. Department of Geoenvironmental Sciences, Kongju National University, 56, Gongjudaehak-Ro, Gongju-Si, Chungcheongnam-Do, 314-701, South Korea

    D. B. Shin

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Shin, S.W., Park, S. & Shin, D.B. Spectral-induced polarization characterization of rocks from the Handuk iron mine, South Korea. Environ Earth Sci 75, 827 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-016-5618-1

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