Abstract
The present research focuses on investigating the application of remote sensing for mapping mining waste and identifying areas prone to acid mine drainage within the area of active mining through sub-pixel analysis on Sentinel-2 and OLI sensor of Landsat-8. For this purpose, the Sarcheshmeh mine located in southeast of Iran was investigated. Mine wastes were initially identified using a partial sub-pixel matched filtering algorithm on OLI and Sentinel-2 data images. Areas having potential for AMD were subsequently determined and assessed by comparing field observations and samples analyses including pH of water samples, as well as mineralogical X-ray diffraction analyses, chemical and spectral analyses like visible near-infrared (VNIR) and shortwave infrared (SWIR) spectroscopy, and pH of rock and hardened precipitates samples. Drainage networks were extracted from the digital elevation model (DEM) of Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) data and overlain on the discriminated potential sources of AMD to determine if the hydrologic network intersected the areas of mine waste. Sub-pixel analyses of Sentinal-2 and OLI sensor data indicate that mineral mapping abundance accuracies for potential acid-generating minerals species were determined to be more than 79%. This result suggests that mineral mapping through these sensors is an effective tool for the characterization of mineral species comprising mine waste in areas prone to AMD. Overlaying the results also showed that it is possible to determine the impact of the wastes or polluted AMD on the region and design a plan for managing, controlling, and neutralizing contaminated areas.
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The authors would like to acknowledge the Iran national science foundation (INSF), Tehran, Iran, and Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, Iran, for their financial support during this study.
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This research was funded by Iran national science foundation (INSF), Tehran, Iran, (under contract number 96003005) and Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, Iran, under contract number 7/S/96/3162.
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Hosseinjanizadeh, M., Khorasanipour, M. & Honarmand, M. Mapping mining waste and identification of acid mine drainage within an active mining area through sub-pixel analysis on OLI and Sentinel-2. Earth Sci Inform 16, 3449–3467 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-023-01083-8
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