DAFTAR ISI

I. PENDAHULUAN ....................................................................................... 1

A. Latar Belakang ............................................................................................ 1

B. Rumusan Masalah ....................................................................................... 3

C. Tujuan Penelitian ......................................................................................... 3

D. manfaat Penelitian ....................................................................................... 4

II. TINJAUAN PUSTAKA ............................................................................ 5

A. Geomorfologi Regional ............................................................................ 5

a. Satuan Geomorfologi Satuan .............................................................. 5

b. Satuan geomorfologi Perbukitan Denudasional .................................. 5

c. Satuan geomorfologi perbukitan Karst ............................................... 6

d. Satuan Geomorfologi Daerah Aluvial................................................. 6

B. Geomorfologi Daerah Penelitian .............................................................. 6

C. Morfologi Lokal ........................................................................................ 8

D. Struktur geologi regional .......................................................................... 9

E. Nikel Laterit .............................................................................................. 10

F. Faktor-Faktor utama pembentukan endapan nikel laterit ......................... 12

G. Profil Endapan Nikel Laterit ..................................................................... 14

1. Lapisan Tanah Penutup ....................................................................... 14

2. Zona Limonite ..................................................................................... 14

3. Zona Saprolite ..................................................................................... 15

4. Bedrock ............................................................................................... 15
H. Sumberdaya Mineral dan cadangan

A. Sumberdaya Mineral (resources) ......................................................... 16

1. Sumberdaya Tereka .............................................................................. 17

2. Sumberdaya Tertunjuk ......................................................................... 17

3. Sumberdaya Terukur ............................................................................ 17

a. Manfaat dan Syarat Penaksiran Sumberdaya ................................. 18

B. Cadangan (Reservers) .......................................................................... 20

1. Cadangan Bijih Terkira .................................................................. 21

2. Cadangan Bijih terbuka .................................................................. 21

C. Metode-Metode Estimasi Cadangan .................................................... 24

1. Metode Penampang(cross section) ................................................ 24

2. Metode Poligon .............................................................................. 24

3. Metode isoline ................................................................................ 25

D. Metode Perhitungan Cadangan ............................................................ 26

1. Metode Blok Model (grid) ............................................................. 27

A. Metode Neighborhood Nearest Point (NNP) ........................... 28

B. Metode Invers Distance Weighting (IDW) .............................. 28

C. Metode Geostatistik dan Kriging ............................................. 30

D. Analisis Statistik Dasar ............................................................ 31

III. METODE PENELITIAN ....................................................................... 35

A. Waktu dan Lokasi Penelitian................................................................ 35

B. Instrumen Penelitian............................................................................. 36

C. Tahap Kegiatan Penelitian ................................................................... 37

 1. Studi Literatur ................................................................................ 37

2. Tahap Observasi Lapangan ............................................................ 37

3. Tahap Pengumpulan Data .............................................................. 37

4. Analisis Statistik Dasar .................................................................. 37

5. Penentuan Metode Estimasi ........................................................... 38

6. Estimasi Menggunakan Metode Yang Sesuai ................................ 38

D. Diagram Alir ........................................................................................ 39

IV. HASIL DAN PEMBAHASAN ................................................................ 40

A. Topografi Daerah Penelitian ................................................................ 40

B. Pengolahan Data................................................................................... 41

1. Layout Drillholes Dan Estimasi Cadangan .................................... 41

2. Pembuatan Domain ........................................................................ 42

3. Analisis Statistik Dasar .................................................................. 43

a. Limonite ................................................................................... 44

b. Saprolite ................................................................................... 44

4. Metode Estimasi ............................................................................. 46

C. Hasil Estimasi ...................................................................................... 46