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Richard Smith, Michael OConnell, Yuri Kroupoderov, Jean Lemieux and Michael Pearson. Fugro Airborne Surveys, Ottawa
MEGATEM
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PERSEVERENCE DISCOVERY
NORANDA had a MEGATEM survey of the Matagami area flown in late 1999. Perseverence discovery was made in March, 2000. Located beside road and 6km from the existing mill.
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Input (1970s) Input (1980s) GEOTEM 150 Hz GEOTEM 90 Hz GEOTEM 30 Hz MEGATEM I 90&30 Hz MEGATEM II 90 Hz MEGATEM II 30 Hz
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MEGATEM II
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Input (1970s) Input (1980s) GEOTEM 150 Hz GEOTEM 90 Hz GEOTEM 30 Hz MEGATEM I 90&30 Hz MEGATEM II 90 Hz MEGATEM II 30 Hz
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GEOTEM 1000
Example Area
Sub section from the recent Discover Abitibi Survey: MEGATEM II data
Ontario Geological Survey 2002 Ontario airborne geophysical surveys, magnetic and electromagnetic data, profile data, Geosoft format, Timmins area MEGATEM ; Ontario Geological Survey, Geophysical dataset 1041d
Topography
Magnetics
Z-component on-time
M = t n I (t ) dt
n 0
Anomaly picks
ID
ppm
blackness~channels
Anomaly picks All anomalies are vertical plates 600 m wide 300m deep All plates strike perpendicular to the flight line All plates are centered below the flight line Only X component data used
surficial features
X component
Sensitivity to depth
375 m
4250
4750
5000
Offset variation
Effect of offset
(nV/m )
40 20 0 -20 40 20
(nV/m )
Y component
-1
(nV/m )
Strike variation
Effect of strike
Flight direction
(nV/m )
Z component
(nV/m )
Y component
-1
(nV/m )
X component
4000 4500 5000 distance (m) 5500 6000
Plates 600 m by 300m, now with DIP Plates have variable strike Plates can be offset from the flight line
dip
Plates 600 m by 300m, now with DIP Plates have variable strike Plates can be offset from the flight line
dip
dip ID depth S
dip ID depth S
dip ID depth S
Example Area
Reid Mahaffy
Conductivity estimation
ppm
blackness~channels
dip ID depth S
radius
tau
size~confidence blackness~channels
EM modelling: EmQ
EM modelling
EM modelling