Three-Dimensional P-wave Velocity Structure of the Zhuxi Ore Deposit, South China Revealed by Control-Source First-Arrival Tomography

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments on: ‘Three-dimensional P-wave velocity structure of the Zhuxi ore deposit, South China, revealed by active-source first-arrival tomography’ by Yunpeng Zhang, Baoshan Wang*, Guoqing Lin, Yongpeng Ouyang, Tao Wang, Shanhui Xu, Lili Song, and Rucheng Wang.

I read your manuscript with great attention and interest as it is an essential topic about applying the seismic potential in solving or dealing with mining exploration problems, especially about the estimation of ore reserves, which is a critical point from which important management decisions are relied on. I found this article not only written in a clear language but also well structured so potential readers are going to be pleased to read that. From a more technical point of view, I could see that a significant number of seismic data were gathered from different seismic sources which are well described, and also using a high number of geophones. I found particularly interesting the good agreement among the seismic anomalies and the ore-bearing structures, even those that before this study could not have been detected. So that, makes this methodology too promising for other mining areas where it is crucial to have a precise understanding of the geological structures from which the ores are mined. The authors even suggest a further application of seismic techniques in order to obtain Vs data in order to get information from deeper horizons which would be something interesting that could probe the authors’ suggestion about the connection between the NOB and the MOB.

So, I would suggest the paper to be considered for publishing.

Author Response

Dear reviewer,

We thank you for reviewing our manuscript minerals-705361 entitled “Three-dimensional P-wave velocity structure of the Zhuxi ore deposit, South China, revealed by active-source first-arrival tomography” and highly evaluated our manuscript.

Thanks for your attention and interest. Your approval gives us a lot of encouragement and makes us more motivated to the further research. Thank you very much.

Best regards,

Yunpeng Zhang, Baoshan Wang, Guoqing Lin, Yongpeng Ouyang, Tao Wang, Shanhui Xu, Lili Song, Rucheng Wang

Reviewer 2 Report

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Author Response

Dear reviewer,

We thank you for reviewing our manuscript minerals-705361 entitled “Three-dimensional P-wave velocity structure of the Zhuxi ore deposit, South China, revealed by active-source first-arrival tomography” and provided constructive comments. These comments help us improved this paper.

In response to your suggestions, we implemented some changes to our manuscript. Below are the detailed responses to all the points. We marked the comments in black, our reply in blue. The corresponding modifications are marked using the "Track Changes" function in the main text. Please see the attachment.

We thank you very much and hope this revision is acceptable for publication. Please contact us at [email protected] or [email protected] if there is anything further we can provide.

Best regards,

Yunpeng Zhang, Baoshan Wang, Guoqing Lin, Yongpeng Ouyang, Tao Wang, Shanhui Xu, Lili Song, Rucheng Wang

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