Table 1 Evaluation index system for PSR model.

From: Copper deposit development potential on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau in China based on the pressure-state-response framework

Layer

Index (Weight)

Scale

Time

Original Data Source

P

P1: Habitat quality

(0.119)

Town

2020

Calculated using remote sensing land use type data from Geographic Remote Sensing Ecological Network Platform ( http://www.gisrs.cn, accessed on 10 January 2024).

P2: Terrain

(0.145)

300 m

2023

Calculated using elevation and slope data from Resources and Environmental Science and Data Center (https://www.resdc.cn, accessed on 10 January 2024).

P3: Traffic accessibility

(0.328)

300 m

2023

Calculated by using traffic road data from Open Street Map (ttps://www.openstreetmap.org, accessed on 10 January 2024).

P4: Water resource

(0.079)

300 m

2023

Calculated by using water network distribution data from Open Street Map (ttps://www.openstreetmap.org, accessed on 10 January 2024).

P5: Electric power

(0.329)

300 m

2023

Calculated by using power station distribution data from Global Power Plant Database (https://global-power-plants.datasettes.com, accessed on 10 January 2024).

S

S1: Regional metallogenic condition

(0.337)

Deposit

2012-

2024

Gained and evaluated based on the data from S&P Global Market Intelligence database (https://www.capitaliq.spglobal.com, accessed on 10 January 2024), Pan Tertiary geology and mineral map from ref41., and a large number of references listed in Supplementary material.

S2: Regional resource potential

(0.055)

Deposit

S3: Deposit resource scale

(0.345)

Deposit

S4: Mining technical condition

(0.176)

Deposit

S5: Dressing and smelting

(0.037)

Deposit

S6: Associated resource

(0.050)

Deposit

R

R1: Economic structure

(0.361)

County

2022

China county statistical yearbook 2022

R2: Proportion of the population employed in mining

(0.280)

County

2020

The seventh national census data from National Bureau of Statistics of China

R3: Environmental policy

(0.091)

300 m

2023

Assessed by using nature reserve and ecological protection red line published by Ministry of Natural Resources and Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China

R4: Mining policy

(0.131)

County

2020

Quantitative assessed from the evaluation of national and local mineral resource planning

R5: Green development index

(0.137)

City

2016

Bulletin of the Annual Assessment of Ecological Progress of various provinces and cities