USGS USES HIGH TECH TO REMOTELY DETECT INDUSTRIAL MINERALS IN AFGHANISTAN
July 1st, 2012
BY LEAH GERMAIN
US scientists have discovered industrial minerals, including dolomite, kaolinite and gypsum in Afghanistan using advanced remote sensing hyperspectral imaging. It is now the first country in the world to have a majority of its surface minerals mapped by airborne hyperspectral sensors, which measure light reflected from the earth to identify surface minerals and other materials.
High concentrations of dolomite, a source of magnesium oxide and a mineral that can be used for the production of magnesium, were located in the central provinces of ...
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