Detecting Oxides Mineralization Utilizing Remote Sensing and Comprehensive Mineralogical Analysis: A Case Study Around Mikbi-Zayatit District, South Eastern Desert, Egypt

Undoubtedly, involving more tools, datasets, and techniques for detecting the mineralized areas sharply narrow zones to be investigated delivered, in most cases highly potential zones. Consequently, this study is an attempt apply remote sensing data including Sentinel 2 ASTER, field observations, petrography of hydrothermal alteration processes, ore microscopic investigations, X-ray examinations, EDX analysis detect emphasize mineralization types at Wadi Mikbi Zayatit district, South Eastern Desert, Egypt. Towards accurate lithological mapping, data, previous geological maps, investigations recorded serpentinites, ophiolitic metagabbros, amphibolites, epidosite, arc-related metasediments (schists quartzites), metagabbro-tonalite complex, dunite, olivine gabbros, granitic rocks encountered district. Additionally, various have been primarily outlined using ASTER by implementing informative band ratios constrained energy minimization techniques. The mineralogical studies confirmed remotely-detected minerals. Ore microscopy, XRD technique, microchemical representative samples district identified magnetite, ilmenite, titanomagnetite, chromite, magnesioferrite, quartz, apatite, clinochlore, plagioclase, pyroxene epidote. Cross-linking results, observations laboratory revealed that dominant processes include oxidization, serpentinization, carbonatization, epidotization, silicification, zoisitization, muscovitization, sericitization, chloritization. Spatial overlay resultant altered features, structural dissection, analytical were integrated build a mineral potentiality map