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Gravity and magnetic exploration applied to iron ore deposits in the Sierra Grande area, Río Negro Province, Argentina by Marcos E. Bahía; Leonardo Strazzere; Leonardo Benedini; Daniel A. Gregori; José Kostadinoff is a Earth and Planetary Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Abstract The Ordovician–Devonian Sierra Grande Formation, Río Negro Province, Argentina contains three quarzitic members with two iron horizons. Its South Deposit includes both iron horizons. However, the East Deposit is relatively unknown, lacking information about geometry, depth and reserves. To answer these questions, we apply geophysical methods for the rapid evaluation of the East Deposit, using gravity and magnetic measures. The processing of these data allows the suggestion of two 2D models for calculating thicknesses, angles and depth of the iron horizons. The adjustments between the calculated and the observed curve are less than 6%. One model proposes the existence of the Alfaro iron horizon, and the other one proposes the presence of the Rosales iron horizon at depth. The Bouguer anomaly gravimetric maps allow us to calculate the mineral mass, resulting in 125 million iron tons. Thus, this study allowed us to calculate the thicknesses, angles and depth of both iron horizons, and to adjust and evaluate the mineral reserves with the maximum reliability that potential methods allow when applied to mineral prospecting. These results provide new and valuable information f

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Author
Marcos E. Bahía; Leonardo Strazzere; Leonardo Benedini; Daniel A. Gregori; José Kostadinoff
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2023
Language
EN
Field
Earth and Planetary Sciences (Physical Sciences)

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