Patents by Inventor XIAOFANG DOU
XIAOFANG DOU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20260043785Abstract: A method for determining a migration path of an ore-forming hydrothermal fluid based on rutile includes: collecting metallogenic porphyry samples from a survey region, and acquiring sampling point data of each sample; treating each metallogenic porphyry sample, and determining characteristic data of rutile in each metallogenic porphyry sample; according to a zirconium content of rutile, calculating a metallogenic temperature value of each metallogenic porphyry sample; testing an average titanium isotope value of each metallogenic porphyry sample; and determining the migration path of the ore-forming hydrothermal fluid according to sampling point coordinate data, temperature values, and titanium isotope values.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2025Publication date: February 12, 2026Applicants: Tibet Julong Copper Co., Ltd., CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES (WUHAN)Inventors: Xian CHE, Xingkai HUANG, Gen CHEN, Xin CHEN, Xiaofang DOU, Deng PAN, Shunbao GAO, Nan CHAO, Zizhuo WU
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Publication number: 20260043687Abstract: A method for calculating a formation temperature of a mineral based on a chlorite spectrum includes: S1, recording characteristic data of each chlorite sample; S2, acquiring a Fe—OH wavelength value of each chlorite sample; S3, calculating a formation temperature of and contents of major elements in each chlorite sample; and S4, according to the formation temperature and major element contents obtained in the step S3, determining a formation environment and a category of a corresponding chlorite sample. The calculation of a formation temperature of a chlorite mineral is based on characteristic wavelength parameters acquired by field short-wave infrared spectroscopy instead of traditional calculation based on major element data acquired by laboratory electron microprobe analysis (EMPA), which facilitates the rapid identification of a formation environment and an alteration zone of a mineral and greatly improves a working efficiency of mineral exploration.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2025Publication date: February 12, 2026Applicants: Tibet Julong Copper Co., Ltd., CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES (BEIJING)Inventors: Xian CHE, Xingkai HUANG, Gen CHEN, Song WU, Deng PAN, Xiaofang DOU, Xiaojia JIANG, Yitao HOU, Bei PANG
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Patent number: 12529688Abstract: In a method for discriminating deposit types by using tourmaline elemental components, contents of Sn, Li, Ga, and V trace elements are determined by collecting hydrothermal tourmaline samples in a deposit, and deposit type discrimination is performed with F1, F2, and F3 as discriminant factors, in combination with the characteristics that a porphyry type Cu—Mo—Au deposit has lower contents of Sn+Li, and further, a porphyry type Cu—Mo deposit has higher contents of Ga*V, while a porphyry type Au deposit has relatively low contents of Ga*V; a granite-related Sn—W deposit has relatively high contents of Sn+Li; while an IOCG deposit has relatively high contents of Sn+Li and Ga*V, realizing quick discrimination of the deposit types during prospecting and exploration, shortening the exploration period and reducing the exploration cost, and the method can be used for identification of 4 different types of deposits.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2023Date of Patent: January 20, 2026Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES (BEIJING)Inventors: Youye Zheng, Peng Liu, Qiong Ci, Xiaofang Dou, Song Wu, Xiaofeng Liu, Fuzhi Gong
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Patent number: 12474318Abstract: In a method for determining metallogenic potential of a porphyry by using trace elements and a B isotope of tourmaline, redox properties of magma is determined with Fe3+/(Fe2++Fe3+) of tourmaline; then a water content and a content of metal Cu of the magma are determined with contents of H2O and Cu in the tourmaline; and a source of the magma is determined with a B isotope of the tourmaline, the water content, oxygen fugacity and metal content and source of the magma are finally determined, and finally, whether the magma has metallogenic potential of a porphyry is comprehensively determined. The present disclosure determines a key control factor of porphyry copper with a mineral of the tourmaline, and overcomes the difficulties in low efficiency, a long period and high cost of a traditional method for determining metallogenic potential.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2023Date of Patent: November 18, 2025Assignees: Tibet Julong Copper Co., Ltd., CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES (WUHAN)Inventors: Youye Zheng, Xin Chen, Xiaofang Dou, Jianhui Wu, Feng Gao, Yibin Lin, Jiancuo Luosang, Nan Chao, Shunli Zheng
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Patent number: 12416572Abstract: A method for rapid prediction of porphyry copper mineralization potential based on spectral characteristics of tourmaline, includes collecting and collating data related to magma-fluid evolution, petrography and mineralogy of a porphyry copper deposit in a working area, systematically, distinguishing magmatic tourmaline from hydrothermal tourmaline in the working area, and further distinguishing phases and generations of the hydrothermal tourmaline; collecting hydrothermal tourmaline samples of the same phase and generation; performing short-wave infrared spectroscopy measurement on the collected hydrothermal tourmaline samples; extracting spectral characteristics of the Fe—OH wavelength and Mg—OH wavelength of the tourmaline samples based on The Spectral Geologist (TSG); and when the Fe—OH wavelength is less than 2245.75 nm, and the Mg—OH wavelength is greater than 2356.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2023Date of Patent: September 16, 2025Assignees: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES (BEIJING), Tibet Julong Copper Co., Ltd.Inventors: Youye Zheng, Hongjun Cheng, Jiancuo Luosang, Jiangang Wei, Xiaofang Dou, Qiong Ci, Xiaofeng Liu, Zhuoga Suolang, Song Wu
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Patent number: 12203917Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for determining an ore-forming environment of a porphyry deposit based on a tourmaline component, including the following steps: collecting a tourmaline-containing rock in the porphyry deposit to obtain a rock sample; performing pretreatment on the rock sample to obtain a treated sample; performing an in-situ tourmaline trace element test on the treated sample to obtain a test result; performing data processing and interpretation on the test result to obtain tourmaline trace element data; establishing a discrimination factor based on the tourmaline trace element data; and determining the ore-forming environment based on the discrimination factor. The present disclosure can quickly recognize a forming environment of a newly discovered porphyry deposit, thereby summarizing a rule and quickly giving guidance for a next prospecting direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2024Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignees: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES (BEIJING), Tibet Julong Copper Co., Ltd.Inventors: Youye Zheng, Jianzhou Yi, Peng Liu, Song Wu, Xiaofang Dou, Quansheng Shen, Zhixin Zhang, Jinling Liao, Jiancuo Luosang, Defu Shu, Qiong Ci, Xiaofeng Liu
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Publication number: 20250012775Abstract: In a method for discriminating deposit types by using tourmaline elemental components, contents of Sn, Li, Ga, and V trace elements are determined by collecting hydrothermal tourmaline samples in a deposit, and deposit type discrimination is performed with F1, F2, and F3 as discriminant factors, in combination with the characteristics that a porphyry type Cu—Mo—Au deposit has lower contents of Sn+Li, and further, a porphyry type Cu—Mo deposit has higher contents of Ga*V, while a porphyry type Au deposit has relatively low contents of Ga*V; a granite-related Sn—W deposit has relatively high contents of Sn+Li; while an IOCG deposit has relatively high contents of Sn+Li and Ga*V, realizing quick discrimination of the deposit types during prospecting and exploration, shortening the exploration period and reducing the exploration cost, and the method can be used for identification of 4 different types of deposits.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2023Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES (BEIJING)Inventors: Youye ZHENG, Peng LIU, Qiong CI, Xiaofang DOU, Song WU, Xiaofeng LIU, Fuzhi GONG
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Publication number: 20250012716Abstract: A method for rapid prediction of porphyry copper mineralization potential based on spectral characteristics of tourmaline, includes collecting and collating data related to magma-fluid evolution, petrography and mineralogy of a porphyry copper deposit in a working area, systematically, distinguishing magmatic tourmaline from hydrothermal tourmaline in the working area, and further distinguishing phases and generations of the hydrothermal tourmaline; collecting hydrothermal tourmaline samples of the same phase and generation; performing short-wave infrared spectroscopy measurement on the collected hydrothermal tourmaline samples; extracting spectral characteristics of the Fe—OH wavelength and Mg—OH wavelength of the tourmaline samples based on The Spectral Geologist (TSG); and when the Fe—OH wavelength is less than 2245.75 nm, and the Mg—OH wavelength is greater than 2356.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicants: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES (BEIJING), Tibet Julong Copper Co., Ltd.Inventors: Youye ZHENG, Hongjun CHENG, Jiancuo LUOSANG, Jiangang WEI, Xiaofang DOU, Qiong CI, Xiaofeng LIU, Zhuoga SUOLANG, Song WU
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Publication number: 20240426802Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for determining an ore-forming environment of a porphyry deposit based on a tourmaline component, including the following steps: collecting a tourmaline-containing rock in the porphyry deposit to obtain a rock sample; performing pretreatment on the rock sample to obtain a treated sample; performing an in-situ tourmaline trace element test on the treated sample to obtain a test result; performing data processing and interpretation on the test result to obtain tourmaline trace element data; establishing a discrimination factor based on the tourmaline trace element data; and determining the ore-forming environment based on the discrimination factor. The present disclosure can quickly recognize a forming environment of a newly discovered porphyry deposit, thereby summarizing a rule and quickly giving guidance for a next prospecting direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Applicants: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES (BEIJING), Tibet Julong Copper Co., Ltd.Inventors: Youye ZHENG, Jianzhou YI, Peng LIU, Song WU, Xiaofang DOU, Quansheng SHEN, Zhixin ZHANG, Jinling LIAO, Jiancuo LUOSANG, Defu SHU, Qiong CI, Xiaofeng LIU
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Publication number: 20240310554Abstract: A method for metallogenic prediction by using multi-source heterogeneous information, includes the following steps: collecting geological, geochemical and remote sensing multi-source geoscience information data; building a conceptual model of a metallogenic system; extracting geoscience multi-source spatial proxy mineralization indication information according to the conceptual model of the metallogenic system; integrating and training data based on a neural network to obtain multi-dimensional spatial proxy layer data sets and training points; inputting the multi-dimensional spatial proxy layer data sets and the training points, and applying a machine learning algorithm for hyper-parameter optimization to obtain an optimized machine learning model; and applying the optimized machine learning model to complete machine learning result evaluation and target area delineation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2023Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicants: Tibet Julong Copper Co., Ltd., CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES (BEIJING)Inventors: Youye ZHENG, Song WU, Hongjun CHENG, Xiaofang DOU, Feng GAO, Shucun WANG, Defu SHU, Jiancuo LUOSANG, Jiangang WEI, Zhuoga SUOLANG
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Publication number: 20240290437Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for evaluating a metallogenic potential of a skarn deposit based on the magnetite composition, including collecting geological, geophysical, geochemical, and remote sensing data in a studying area, systematically, and delineating a favorable area for mineralization; collecting magnetite-bearing samples in the favorable area for mineralization, and describing the lithology, alteration and mineralization characteristics of each sample; selecting the most representative magnetite samples for chemical analysis to obtain average contents of trace elements Ti, Ni, V, K and Al+Si+Mg, denoted as c(Ti), c(Ni), c(V), c(K), and c(Al+Si+Mg) in ppm; and calculating discriminant factors F1, F2, F3, and F4 by substituting data, and performing discrimination; and when the four discriminant factors all discriminate the metallogenic potential to be better, determining the skarn deposit in the favorable area for mineralization to have a good metallogenic potential; and discriminating asType: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicants: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES (BEIJING), Tibet Julong Copper Co., Ltd.Inventors: Youye ZHENG, Lei LI, Xiaofang DOU, Zhixin ZHANG, Jinling LIAO, Qiong CI, Song WU, Xiaofeng LIU, Jingjing LI, Peng KANG
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Publication number: 20240272135Abstract: In a method for determining metallogenic potential of a porphyry by using trace elements and a B isotope of tourmaline, redox properties of magma is determined with Fe3+/(Fe2++Fe3+) of tourmaline; then a water content and a content of metal Cu of the magma are determined with contents of H2O and Cu in the tourmaline; and a source of the magma is determined with a B isotope of the tourmaline, the water content, oxygen fugacity and metal content and source of the magma are finally determined, and finally, whether the magma has metallogenic potential of a porphyry is comprehensively determined. The present disclosure determines a key control factor of porphyry copper with a mineral of the tourmaline, and overcomes the difficulties in low efficiency, a long period and high cost of a traditional method for determining metallogenic potential.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2023Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicants: Tibet Julong Copper Co., Ltd., CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES (WUHAN)Inventors: Youye ZHENG, Xin CHEN, Xiaofang DOU, Jianhui WU, Feng GAO, Yibin LIN, Jiancuo LUOSANG, Nan CHAO, Shunli ZHENG
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Publication number: 20230317440Abstract: Disclosed is a method for discriminating ore prospecting types based on compositional change of epidote, in particular including the following steps: metallogenic zone delineation; sample collection and analysis: collecting bedrock samples containing epidote from the metallogenic zone according to certain sampling units; trace element analysis and testing; data processing and interpretation: processing obtained initial recorded data using LADRlib software; and ore prospecting type discrimination.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: YOUYE ZHENG, SONG WU, JIANHUI WU, YIBIN LIN, DECAI LIN, XIANWU SHA, XIAOFANG DOU, CAIXIAN CHEN, JIANCHANG LI, YAMING ZHANG, GUANGWU JIANG