Using data storage and management systems to optimize geological prospecting works

The process of mineral prospecting and exploration involves a large number of financial risks, which requires to be armed with substantial amount of data before starting the works. This is particularly true in the context of the depleted fund of easily discovered deposits. The importance of geological, geophysical, geochemical, mining and drilling methods is increasing under continuous geological exploration that demands the methods to be more and more efficient. The geographic information systems and databases has long become an integral part of geological prospecting. Moreover, they have a significant impact on reducing the time for preparation and executing works at the initial stages of ore deposit prospecting and exploration. The database including graphical and attributive data is the main component of any geological prospecting work. The capability, productivity and efficiency of the system as well as resulting effectiveness of geological prospecting largely depend on the correctness of the developed database structure. The purpose of the study was to present the analysis results of the developed approach for effective management of geological exploration data from the early stages to the end of the project, which will enable maximally efficient work performance with minimal time expenditures. This concerns the creation of a unified database structure and data processing systems to be employed in geological exploration works at various sites without developing an individual database for a specific territory or for different prospecting methods.

geological prospecting, database, geographic information system, unified structure, efficient data management