Accuracy Assessment of Geostatistical Modelling Methods of Mineral Deposits for the Purpose of their Future Exploitation - Based on One Lignite Deposit

Naworyta Wojciech and Benndorf Jörg
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Naworyta Wojciech: AGH Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza, Wydział Górnictwa i Geoinżynierii, Kraków
Benndorf Jörg: Mitteldeutsche Braunkohlengesellschaft mbH

Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi / Mineral Resources Management, 2012, vol. 28, issue 1, 77-101

Abstract: Safe mine operations and optimal economical decision making in the context of lignite resources require an adequate level of knowledge about the spatial distribution of critical attributes in terms of geometry and quality in the deposit. Therefore, ore body models are generated using different approaches in geostatistics, depending on the problem to be solved.In this article the analysis of geostatistical methods used for deposits modeling has been presented. Based on exploration data concerning caloric value Q, models of one exemplary lignite deposit has been made. Two models of deposit were prepared using two different methods: ordinary kriging (OK) and sequential Gaussian conditional simulation (SGSIM). Different models of the same deposit were analyzed and compared with source data using criterion of fidelity to statistical attributes like: mean value, variance, statistical distribution. Models, which have been created based on exploration data, were compared with in-situ data gained from survey activities in the exploitation process. As a result of comparison correlation factor and measures of deviations were computed: average relative error, absolute relative error. Models were compared with in situ data, considering statistical features and local variability as well.In conclusion, the study gives valuable information into the benefits of using certain geostatistical approaches for variable tasks and problems in the lignite deposits design process. For the assessment of average values of deposit parameters ordinary kriging provides appropriate effects. Geostatisical simulation (e.g. sequential Gaussian simulation - SGSIM) provides much more relevant information for tasks connected to probability (or risk) of defined threshold exceedences than ordinary kriging. Models made with simulation method are characterized by high fidelity of spatial distribution in comparison to source data.

Keywords: Modelling of deposits; kriging; conditional simulation; geostatistics; accuracy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.2478/v10269-012-0005-3

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