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- Title
Interpretable Machine Learning for Geochemical Anomaly Delineation in the Yuanbo Nang District, Gansu Province, China.
- Authors
Zhang, Shuai; Carranza, Emmanuel John M.; Fu, Changliang; Zhang, Wenzhi; Qin, Xiang
- Abstract
Machine learning (ML) has shown its effectiveness in handling multi-geoinformation. Yet, the black-box nature of ML algorithms has restricted their widespread adoption in the domain of mineral prospectivity mapping (MPM). In this paper, methods for interpreting ML model predictions are introduced to aid ML-based MPM, with the goal of extracting richer insights from the ML modeling of an exploration geochemical dataset. The partial dependence plot (PDP) and accumulated local effect (ALE) plot, along with the SHAP value analysis, were utilized to demonstrate the application of random forest (RF) modeling within both regression and classification frameworks. Initially, the random forest regression (RFR) model established the relationship between the concentrations of Au and those of elements such as As, Sb, and Hg in the study area, and from this model, the most important geochemical elements and their quantitative relationships with Au were revealed by their contributions in the modeling through PDP and ALE analyses. Secondly, the RF classification modeling established the relationships of mineralization occurrences (i.e., known mineral deposits) with geochemical elements (i.e., Au, As, Sb, Hg, Cu, Pb, Zn, and Ag), as did RFR modeling. The most important geochemical elements for indicating regional Au mineralization and the trajectories of PDP and ALE reached a consensus that As and Sb contributed the most, both in the regression and classification modeling, with regard to Au mineralization. Finally, the SHAP values illustrated the behavior of the training samples (i.e., known mineral deposits) in RF modeling, and the resulting prospectivity map was evaluated using receiver operating characteristics.
- Subjects
GANSU Sheng (China); CHINA; RECEIVER operating characteristic curves; ORE deposits; RANDOM forest algorithms; GEOCHEMICAL modeling; VALUES (Ethics)
- Publication
Minerals (2075-163X), 2024, Vol 14, Issue 5, p500
- ISSN
2075-163X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/min14050500