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I use satellites all the time to isolate specific mineral beds for mining. You can just-about 'just pick' what comes out of the ground when it comes to certain
by lightedman 4y ago
I use satellites all the time to isolate specific mineral beds for mining. You can just-about 'just pick' what comes out of the ground when it comes to certain things. I look almost exclusively for agates. ASTER has spectral data exactly geared to that, LANDSAT 7 can get you semi-close if you know your terrain type. I'm 100% successful at every location.
I'm almost ready to start using them for Uranium before they get decom'd. I've trained myself on 7 years of this satellite data.
- mlindner 4y agoSatellites don't let you see under the ground.
- lightedman 4y agoI don't need to see under the ground, I just need to pinpoint specific IR spectral emission/absorption lines on the surface via satellite, and dig there.
- mlindner 4y agoAgain, most ground is covered by vegetation, so you can't see through that either.
- lightedman 4y agoYes, we can. We can't see through trees, but anything shorter than 10 feet in height we can get directly through, and even in cases of slightly taller vegetation we can correct by eliminating various absorption and emission lines in filters. What we really can't see through is smoke and cloud. Note: I maintain the Google Earth-based datasets for the USGS ASTER and LANDSAT7/8-based surficial mineralogy program. That includes actually going out to various locations and verifying signal readings. I've done this since 2016 as an unpaid volunteer (its pays me due to the minerals I'll find.)