La teledetección como herramienta de identificación de zonas anómalas en el prospecto La China

Abstract

The Lambayeque region bordering the Cajamarca region, there are several exploration and prospecting projects for polymetallic mining, this area is considered an important metalotect due to the discovery of large deposits such as La Zanja and Cañariaco. These projects are interesting, due to their economic importance, being presented as disseminated of gold and porphyry of Cu-Mo, and located in the Cajamarca region. The studied area is the prospect La China, located 35 km east of Chiclayo city, Lambayeque region, is a Skarn deposit with important economic mineralization, where values of 2.99 oz / t Ag, 0.14% Cu, 3.37% Pb, 2.95% Zn and 100 g / t Mo, but is currently paralyzed due the global environment experienced by the price of metals, resuming until it is once again the appropriate conditions for exploitation. Thus, the need to search for new methodologies at a low cost in comparison to traditional methods to face this current scenario, for which this work aims to make known to remote sensing, as a tool of great utility to develop a methodology of Identification of anomalous zones, using satellite images, providing us with visual and digital information for its treatment and subsequent interpretation, with which the results can be validated with the geochemical, geological and structural information obtained in the field of the studied area. The present thesis begins in Chapter I, mentioning the location and accessibility of the prospect under study, in Chapter II, will describe the geological features of the prospect, such as regional and local geology, in Chapter III, explain the characteristics Lithological, structural and alterations of the prospectus mentioned, then in Chapters IV and V, the concept of remote sensing and the methods to be used for the treatment of images corresponding to the prospectus will be explained, as well in Chapter VI, Statistical analysis of the geochemical data and finally in Chapter VII, we will talk about the validation of the results obtained. All these studies have allowed to obtain a methodology that will be a tool of exploratory and academic use.