Conveying confidence in a fault model

NathanCronin1
NathanCronin1 Posts: 9 Calcite Rank Badge
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I'm looking for suggestions in conveying confidence in a fault model. We have about 20 faults modelled using the vein tool. Some have been modelled through every hole, and some only a few intercepts. We push these through and ignore the pinchouts for now. I'm looking for a way that adequately shows the confidence in these. So I'd like to show high confidence where we have high density of intercepts, and low confidence where we have low density of intercepts (and possibly subtract those not being used?). The only way i see now is with the Distance function, which i have tried, but it only shows the distance to the nearest intercept. Is there a better tool or way to do this?

I've attached a pic of two faults, one traced between most holes across it's width(left), the other just a few (right), but they show similar values from the distance function.

Wondering if anyone else has tried to convey the same information?

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  • ErikScheel
    ErikScheel Unconfirmed Posts: 22 Fluorite Rank Badge
    edited October 19

    Hi @NathanCronin1 what you are describing is very similar to resource classification, which is a way of conveying confidence in a mineral resource estimate. You're correct that the the distance function only gives you the distance to the nearest hole and doesn't account for hole density. Do you have the Edge extension? If so, you can calculate this using a combination of a block model, estimators, and calculations and is something we cover in the Edge Fundamentals course.

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