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Deep targeting an iron-oxide ore body using a seismic landstreamer and a 500-kg drop hammer source
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2017, Jun 2017, Volume 2017, p.1 - 5
Abstract
Summary
In a pilot study, a known down to ca. 850 m deep mineralized iron-oxide zone was targeted in the historical Blötberget-Ludvika mining area of central Sweden using a MEMS-based, 240 m long, comprising of 100 sensors landstreamer (2–4 m spacing) and combined with 74 wireless recorders (mixed 10 Hz and MEMs, 10 m spacing). A Bobcat-mounted drop hammer, 500 kg, was used to generate the seismic signal. Within 4 days, about 3.5 km of seismic data using 2–10 m source and receiver spacing were acquired. At each source location 3 records were made and stacked vertically to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. The streamer moved 9 times, each time 200 m forward, and wireless recorders were kept at both ends of the profile, moved once, to provide long offsets in the data. While in a swampy and challenging near-surface environment, reflection data processing results clearly image the mineralization as a set of strong high-amplitude reflections and likely slightly extending beyond the known depth. This is encouraging and suggests such a cost-effective exploration method can be used in the area to delineate deep deposits and their depth and lateral extents.
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