نوع مقاله : علمی - پژوهشی
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Research and experiences have shown that the geophysical exploration of chromite, compared to many other mineral ores, has been less confident and less successful. In Iran, many promising areas of chromite deposits have been left unplanned due to the lack of a definitive method for exploration and exploitation, which could cause economic prosperity for the area. In the present research, two geophysical methods, namely “electric resistivity tomography” and “very low frequency electromagnetic”, using 9 electromagnetic and 4 resistivity profiles, are used to identify chromite ore's geoelectric and electromagnetic properties. Laboratory studies, including electrical resistivity measurements on the rock cores and mineralography studies, have been conducted to evaluate the field results better. The resistivity was measured between 2800-3600 for one chromite ore, between 5500-8600 for the other, and between 2000-2300 Ω.m for a serpentinite, which is the chromite ore host rock. VLF-EM parameters (real magnetic field component) were obtained using different radio signals, including 29.6 and 18.1 kHz. The map of the real component of the vertical magnetic field of VLF-EM and the use of the Karous and Hjelt filter (1983) showed acceptable results in revealing fault zones and joints in serpentinized ultramafic rocks. The resulting maps showed that the lower resistances are along the faults and discontinuities in the rock, which are sometimes accompanied by chromite ore in their planes. I applied electrical resistivity tomography with the Wenner alpha array in areas with known chromite deposits, revealing, to some extent, that the zones with higher resistivity were related to chromite-bearing areas. The results of the interpretation of geophysical data were, in some cases, confirmed by the excavations and exploratory boreholes in the study areas. It can be concluded that if the required conditions are met, the methods employed can potentially reveal hidden chromite deposits..
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