Physical properties and forecasted resources of Shubarcol coal deposit

Abstract

At the presented work was described the method of estimating the forecasted reserves of mineral deposits. A general formula is proposed that relates the differentiated reserves of a mineral with its physical properties. As a physical value, both the results of geophysical exploration methods and measurements in laboratory conditions on core samples and formation samples can be used. Comparison of the reserves calculated by the proposed formula, but with different physical quantities, showed good accuracy of the proposed method. The method is used to estimate the reserves of the Shubarkol coal field, where the detailed geological exploration has not been carried out. The calculation gave total reserves of about 3 billion tons. The proposed method allows reducing the volume of geological exploration work and reducing the costs of their implementation.