GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN MINING

Geophysical techniques have wide range of applications mainly in earth science, marine science, Civil Engineering and Forensic Science. For example in earth science they are applied in Geology, Mining Engineering activities, and Petroleum Engineering. However, publications and contributions regarding details and the state of art of each application are still scattered. This becomes more obvious when knowing that majority of publications discuss application of geophysical techniques for a particular mineral deposit with minimum trials to collect data together for understanding of the whole story. Therefore, this paper aims at review of available literature related to geophysical methods application in mining engineering with the purpose of assisting concerned professionals towards decision making. Findings reflected that magnetic technique is the most widely used method in minerals exploration while magneto-telluric method is not commonly applied in mining application. Collected results also showed that usually more than one geophysical method should be applied to arrive a robust conclusion concerning an in-depth existing ore deposit.