APPLICATION OF GEOELECTRICAL METHODS IN THE CENTRAL BLACK SEA REGION FOR MINING EXPLORATION

Most of the outcropped ore beds of earth’s surface have been investigated in comprehensive manner. Geophysical studies for mining prospecting are focused on the un-outcropped ore beds in details. Recently, many technological advances in geophysical prospecting have been improved for detecting such ore beds. This advances reflects mining geophysics investigation.

In this study, a geophysical survey has been carried out to investigate the Zn-Pb±Cu deposits beds in Central Black Sea Region as a result of their formation conditions, the environment and the position/depth.

Induced Polarization, resistivity and self potential methods which are known as ground electric survey methods of geophysics have been applied at once. The chargeability, resistivity and the self potential data have been surveyed referring to the geological data. It has been observed that the ore body was observed between 15.8–33.8 meters. High value chargeability, low value, resistivity and self potential data are ore sensitive and the observations are in harmony with geology.