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Integrated analysis of the gravity and the magnetic data to infer structural features and their role in prospective mineralisation in and around the Ambaji–Deri–Danta–Chitrasani region, NW India

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The Ambaji–Deri region is located in the northeastern part of the Gujarat state of India and is well-known for hosting lead–zinc–copper minerals deposits. Recently, gravity and magnetic data are collected in the region with the objective of geological and structural mapping of the area. This data is further processed using upward continuation, derivative analysis, and 2.5-dimensional gravity modelling to understand the subsurface geometry for mineral exploration. The upward continued regional gravity anomaly reveals high value in SW part of the region. The residual gravity and magnetic anomaly show the NE–SW trend, which is sympathetic with the general trend of Delhi supergroup. The high values of the residual Bouguer and the magnetic anomaly at the junction of the Jaisalmer–Barwani and the Chambal–Jamnagar lineaments are inferred as possible potential sites for sulphide mineralisation. The horizontal gradient of the tilt derivative (HGTD) of both the gravity and the magnetic anomalies reveals NE–SW trending lineaments. Based on the results of HGTD, several new structural features have been identified and a refined lineament map of the study area is proposed. The gravity modelling using residual Bouguer anomaly could delineate a high-density intrusive body in the upper crustal level. The result of the gravity model also confirms that the middle crust is uplifted by 1–3 km in the eastern part of the study area. In this study, three prospective zones for base metal mineralisation have been identified.

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The authors are thankful to Director General, ISR, for his encouragement to publish this manuscript. This work is a part of the AMBAJI research project which was funded by the Government of Gujarat. AKC thanks Director, BMSK for giving his permission to publish this work. The authors earnestly thank the Handling Editor, Dr M Radhakrishna and three anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments that significantly enhance the quality of the work.

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  1. Institute of Seismological Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

    Avinash Kumar Chouhan, Sumer Chopra, Himanshu Chaube & Dinesh Singh

  2. Bihar Mausam Sewa Kendra, Patna, Bihar, India

    Avinash Kumar Chouhan & Abhishek Kumar Mishra

  3. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

    Himanshu Chaube

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Avinash collected, processed, and interpreted the gravity and magnetic data and wrote the MS. Himanshu and Dinesh helped in data collection and map preparation. Dr Sumer Chopra overviewed the MS writing and supervised the work. Dr Abhishek helped in writing the revised version of the manuscript.

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Chouhan, A.K., Chopra, S., Chaube, H. et al. Integrated analysis of the gravity and the magnetic data to infer structural features and their role in prospective mineralisation in and around the Ambaji–Deri–Danta–Chitrasani region, NW India. J Earth Syst Sci 131, 226 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-022-01979-x

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