The Need for Cost-Effective Airborne Geophysical Surveys Geophysical surveying is an important part of the mineral exploration process, and is thus an extremely useful methodology for mineral exploration companies. Airborne and ground geophysical surveys are essential to identify and locate different mineral commodities in a specific area. Governmental agencies also use geophysical surveys to identify … Read more
Collecting Data With Airborne Surveys Airborne geophysical surveys are used to acquire a regional overview of the geology. Many mining and exploration companies utilize airborne surveys to acquire geophysical data over their project areas. Airborne surveys provide a cost and time effective means of acquiring high resolution geophysical data over large areas of interest. Airborne … Read more
What Is Gamma-Ray Spectrometry? Gamma ray spectrometry is the study of the energy spectra of gamma-ray sources, typically for the nuclear industry, astrophysics, and geochemical investigation. Most radioactive sources produce gamma rays of varying intensities and energies. When these gamma-ray emissions are detected and analyzed with a spectrometry system, a gamma-ray energy spectrum is produced. … Read more
Understanding the Benefits of Airborne Magnetic Surveys In order to understand the benefits of airborne magnetic surveys, it is important to realize the costs and time-consuming nature of mineral and petroleum exploration. Acquiring quality airborne magnetic data can help to drastically reduce these costs and times. These surveys make it possible to quickly gather detailed … Read more
Realizing the Capabilities of Airborne Geophysical Surveys Airborne surveys make it possible for companies to efficiently and quickly acquire detailed geophysical data over large areas of interest. An aircraft with specialized sensors passes over a large area and detects important readings pertaining to the magnetic, electromagnetic, radiometric or gravity geophysical properties in the area. This … Read more
Why Use Aeromagnetic Surveys? Aeromagnetic surveys are an efficient geophysical prospecting tool for many mineral and petroleum exploration companies and government agencies. A fixed-wing airplane or helicopter is extensively modified to be magnetically quiet and equipped with wingtip pods, a tail stinger, or a towed bird to house magnetometers for acquiring magnetic data. This type … Read more
Airborne magnetic surveys are an important geophysical prospecting tool for many applications. These surveys make it possible to gather detailed information about the presence of various magnetic and non-magnetic materials in the Earth’s crust over large geographical areas. This type of survey is cost-effective, safe and time efficient because of the large areas of land … Read more
Magnetic surveying is a geophysical method used in the mining industry to locate, calculate and determine quantities of minerals beneath the ground. It monitors spatial variations in the Earth’s magnetic field, which allows specialists to detect and map artifacts, features and various other formations beneath the Earth’s crust. These formations are often large deposits of … Read more
The Demand for Geophysical Surveys; Greater global demand for minerals is leading to an increased demand for mineral exploration and in turn geophysical surveying. Airborne geophysical surveying, in particular magnetics and radiometrics have become leading techniques to initiate the mineral exploration process, by economically and efficiently acquiring data from the air using small fixed wing … Read more
A mineral exploration is conducted in several stages, and the prospecting stage is arguably one of the most important. Mineral prospecting can be done in various different ways and geophysical surveys are enabling mining companies to acquire highly accurate results with regards to the mineral concentrations in the Earth’s crust. There are two specific types … Read more
