Application of SPOT satellite images in the study of the regional geology of the Dur’ngoi copper district

An interpretative study of the regional geology of the Dur'ngoi copper district, Qinghai Province, has been conducted using satellite remote sensing images. (1) Three sinistral strike slip faults and a set of plume structure have been interpreted, and one of the faults has been measured to have a displacement of sinistral strike slip of 1 200 m. The strike slip nature of the three faults was not found in the previous 1∶200 000 and 1∶50 000 geological mapping. (2) Pyrolite that is interpreted as a component part of ophiolite exhibits image features that are different from those of ordinary magmatic rocks.