WIARYGODNOŚĆ MODELOWANIA 3D ZAWARTOŚCI Pb ORAZ GŁÓWNYCH METALI W ZŁOŻU RUD Cu-Ag SIEROSZOWICE (LGOM)

Abstract

RELIABILITY OF 3D MODELLING OF THE Pb AND MAIN METALS CONTENT IN THE SIEROSZOWICE Cu-Ag ORE DEPOSIT (LUBIN-GŁOGÓW COPPER DISTRICT)

Abstract. The paper attempts to evaluate the possibility of reliable 3D modelling of lead content against the reliability of 3D modelling of Cu and Ag (main metals in the Sieroszowice Cu-Ag deposit) contents. The 3D modelling of the content of these elements was performed using interpolation (ordinary kriging in two variants, and squared inverse distance weighting) and simulation methods (Turning Bands Simulation). The assessment of the accuracy of estimates of metal contents determined from the 3D model, based on both spot samples and a training set, has shown that the estimated contents of Cu and Ag are acceptable for geological and mining applications (medians of estimation errors in the order of 40%), while the reliability of the Pb model is low (medians of estimation errors in the order of 70%). This is due to the unfavourable statistical features of the majority of the accompanying elements and, in particular, the highly asymmetric probability distributions, their high variability, the presence of numerous anomalous values, and the much lower density of the sampling network in the mining excavations when determining accompanying elements other than Cu. In general, the calculated medians of interpolation errors for the four methods do not allow determining the one providing (in each case) higher accuracy when assessing the content of the elements.