Towards Automated Logging of Ore : Positive Identification of Sulphides in the Ores of Agnico Eagle Kittilä and New Boliden Mines

• Main Author: Arqué Armengol, Anna
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Technology; logging; sulphide minerals; hyperspectral imaging; SWIR; LWIR; IR thermography; Teknik; Kittilä; Fennoscandian
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-56842

Drill core logging in the mining industry has traditionally been done by geologists and technicians using basic tools such as a loupe, knife, and magnet, amongst others. The descriptions are usually time-consuming, qualitative, subjective and require the use of expensive complementary techniques, i....