Application

Satellite Image in
Mineral
Exploration

Andi Fadli Heriansyah 22115003

Hifdzul Fikri 12112058
Introduction
Satellite imagery is vital for early exploration
and is typically one of the first data types
acquired by anyone working in a new area

When combined with field mapping and

geophysics it becomes a very efficient way to
gain geological understanding

Nowadays, we can obtain imagery from a

wide variety of satellite systems like Landsat,
WorldView, SPOT, RapidEye and EROS,
amongst others.
Introduction
The various satellite systems differ in how often they
revisit the same location, how much visible detail
they capture and the number of different colours they
record

Satellites need to see the ground surface before they

can capture data relevant to mineral exploration, and
the following information is necessarily skewed
towards arid regions with sparse vegetation

Optical satellites dont do well in tropical or heavily

forested areas and you should seek alternative data
sources if you are working within such a region.
Image 1.
ASTER satellite image
ofEscondida Cu-Au-Ag
open-pit mine is at an
elevation of 3050
meters, and came on
stream in 1990.
Satellite image
acquired on April 23,
2000
 Instruments
Current Resources Satellites
Landsats -1 Through -5
SPOT
JERS-1 (FUYO-1) Payload
Indian Government Resources Satellite
ERS-1 and ERS-2 Synthetic Aperture Radar System
Canadian Radarsat
Current Aircraft SAR Systems
Goodyear Aerospace X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
Motorola-MARS X-Band Real Aperture System
Intera SAR System (STAR-1)
ERIM Multiband SAR System
 Instruments
Advanced Imaging Systems
Jet Propulsion Laboratory AIS and AVIRIS
NASA TIMS
Geophysical Environmental Research Imaging
Spectrometer (GERIS)
GER Environmental Probe Sensor Series
GER DAIS 7915
GER DAIS-2815
GEOSCAN
CASI
CCRS SWIR Full Spectrum Imager (SFSI)
Daedalus Airborne Thematic Mapper (AADS)
 Instruments
Advanced Imaging Systems
DAEDALUS MIVIS
HUGHES Wedge Imaging Spectrometer (WIS)
HUGHES HYDICE Hyperspectral Imager
NASA ASAS
French ISM
German ROSIS
China MAIS
Dutch CEASAR and MARCS
Advanced Radar Systems
SIR-C/X-SAR
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (IFSAR)
Japanese VSAR
 Instruments
Planned Earth Resources Satellites
LANDSATS -6, -7, and -8
SPOT -4, -5, and -6
Japan Advanced Land Observing Satellites
Lewis and Clark Satellites
EarlyBird and QuickBird
Space Imaging
Eyeglass
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Multispectral Thermal Imager (MTI)
Sacagawea
China-Brazil Resources Satellites (CBERS)
 RECENT ADVANCES IN DATA
PROCESSING AND INTEGRATION
The above advances in sensor technology, combined with the
prospects of improved spatial resolution becoming avalaible
in the near future, and being paralleled by the development of
new and innovative approaches for data processing and
integration
Much of this effort is likely to bring considerable benefits to
geological and mineral resources applications of remotely
sensed data
One experimental area which is rapidly developing is that of
detailed mineral identification and mapping, and their
applications to exploration, mapping and environment
 RECENT ADVANCES IN DATA
PROCESSING AND INTEGRATION
A number of techniques have been developed to take full
advantage of hyperspectral data, such as:
Spectral angle mapping
Convex geometry analysis
Constrained energy minimization
Tricorder
Automated neural network analysis
The need to integrate diversified and complex datasets in
order to locate new mineral deposits is a consequences of
exploration frontiers being moved to new and unknown
environment
 Importance of High-Spatial
Resolution/Stereoscopic Systems for
Geologic and Mineral Resources
Applications
Satellites systems which provide 5 meter or less spatial
resolution over swaths of more than 30 kilometers will allow
geoscientists to construct digital topographic maps at
1:25,000 scale with 10 meter contour accuracy

Furthermore, those systems which also collect multispectral

data at 5 meter to 15 meter spatial resolution will allow
thematic maps of general surface cover types to be
constructured at 1:25000 scale. These data types, coupled
with Global Positioning System data, will revolutionize
geologic investigations in relatively poorly mapped areas
 REFERENCE
Sabins, Floyd F.. Accepted 1999. Remote Sensing for
Mineral Exploration. 1724 Celeste Lane, Fullerton, CA
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Taranik, James V.. 1996. Remote Sensing for Geology and
Mineral Resources, An Assessment of Tools for Geoscientist
in the Future. Vienna. ISPRS Working Group VII.
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http://news.satimagingcorp.com/2009/10/978.html