نوع مقاله : علمی-پژوهشی
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1 کارشناسی ارشد، گروه مهندسی معدن، دانشکده مهندسی معدن، دانشگاه صنعتی اصفهان، اصفهان
2 دانشیار، گروه مهندسی معدن، دانشکده مهندسی معدن، دانشگاه صنعتی اصفهان، اصفهان
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
Minimizing grade estimation errors through modern methods is crucial for optimizing mining operations and mitigating the risk of economic failure in mining projects. The current research is an attempt to enhance the three-dimensional estimation of copper grades in the Sarcheshmeh copper deposit by employing advanced deep-learning techniques and comparing their outcomes with those of traditional geometric methods. The Sarcheshmeh copper deposit is among the largest porphyry copper deposits located within the Urmia-Dokhtar volcanic belt, south of Kerman in central Iran. In this study, data from a number of 526 boreholes containing 38,006 core samples assayed for total copper were deployed. The average copper grade in the samples is 0.54 percent, with a maximum value of 3.43. Prior to grade estimation, preprocessing steps were performed, including outlier correction and data compositing. The anisotropy ellipsoid of the copper grade was determined using the covariance matrix. Two methods were applied for grade estimation: a deep learning algorithm based on the ResNet-50 architecture and the inverse distance weighting (IDW) method, a conventional geometric approach. Validation results indicated that the ResNet-50 algorithm, with an RMSE of 0.45, outperformed the IDW method, which had an RMSE of 0.6.
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