The main goal of this research work was to detect the different Cu mineralized zones in the Sungun porphyry deposit in NW Iran using the Spectrum-Volume (S-V) fractal modeling based on the sub-surface data for this deposit. This operation was carried out on an estimated Cu block model based on a Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT) using the C++ and MATLAB programing. The S-V log-log plot was gene...

Consideration of the mining method is an essential component of ore reserves evaluation. This is particularly true where the profitability of a project is conditioned by the ability to mine selectively. Linear estimation methods such as Ordinary and Simple Kriging commonly fail to provide unbiased estimates of recovered ore tonnage and metal content which means that a mining project can be expo...

Abstract The 1,500-km-long Banatitic Magmatic and Metallogenetic Belt (BMMB) of Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria is a complex calc-alkaline magmatic arc of Late Cretaceous age. It hosts a variety of magmatic-hydrothermal Cu, Au, Mo, Zn, Pb and Fe deposits, including Europe’s only world-class porphyry-copper deposits. Regional metallogeny can be linked to subduction of the Vardar Ocean during the La...