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Abstract

An integrated geophysical and geochemical investigation was conducted to investigate the metallic minerals hosted in the mafic and ultramafic rocks in the Bela Ophiolitic Complex. Two thousand magnetic observations were made along with six vertical electrical soundings, with Induced Polarization (IP) targeting the anomalous magnetic zones. The magnetic raw field data were interpreted qualitatively and quantitatively, and two anomalous zones (A1 and A2) were identified on the magnetic maps. The residual magnetic values in the high-magnetic-anomalous zone (A2) ranged from 310 nT to 550 nT, while the magnetic signatures in the low-magnetic zone (A1) ranged from –190 nT to 50 nT. The high-anomalous zone (A2) was distinguished by a high IP value ranging from 3.5 mV/V to 15.1 mV/V and a low apparent and true resistivity signature of 50 ohm·m. Whereas, the low-anomalous zone (A1) was distinguished by very low IP values ranging from 0.78 mV/V to 4.1 mV/V and a very high apparent and true resistivity of 100 ohm·m. The Euler deconvolution was used to determine the depth of the promising zone, which for A1 and A2 was in the 100 m range. The statistical analysis was carried out using hierarchical classification to distinguish between background and anomalous data. The high-magnetic anomalous signature of probable mineralization was in the range of 46,181 nT–46,628 nT, with a total intensity range of 783 nT–1166 nT. The major and trace-element analysis of the 22 rock and stream sediments collected from the high-magnetic-anomalous zone confirmed the mineralization type. The geomagnetic and geophysical cross sections revealed that anomalous mineralization was concentrated with the anticlinal Bela Ophiolitic Complex. The generated results also aided in the identification of rock boundaries, depth, and hidden faults in the area. The findings revealed that the study area has excellent mineralization associated with the ultramafic-rock sequence.

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Title
Metallic-Mineral Prospecting Using Integrated Geophysical and Geochemical Techniques: A Case Study from the Bela Ophiolitic Complex, Baluchistan, Pakistan
Author
Mehboob Ur Rashid 1 ; Ahmed, Waqas 2 ; Waseem, Muhammad 3 ; Bakht Zamin 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Mahmood, Ahmad 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Mohanad Muayad Sabri Sabri 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Geological Survey of Pakistan, Geoscience Advance Research Laboratories, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan; [email protected]; National Centre of Excellence in Geology (NCEG), University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan 
 National Centre of Excellence in Geology (NCEG), University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan 
 Civil Engineering Department, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan; [email protected] 
 Civil Engineering Department, CECOS University of IT & Emerging Sciences, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan; [email protected] or 
 Department of Civil Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar (Bannu Campus), Bannu 28100, Pakistan; [email protected] 
 Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195251 St. Petersburg, Russia 
First page
825
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
2075163X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2694025457
Copyright
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.