The hyperspectral imaging technique has been used widely in geosciences and geological investigation.

Based on the authors’ practice, this paper mainly deals with the application of hyperspectral imaging data to

such fields as mineral mapping, metallogenic prognosis, vegetation geochemical exploration and physiological

extraction, and mine environment analysis. The results obtained can not only help the basic geological study but

also promote the remote sensing mapping from lithological mapping to mineral mapping. It is obvious that the

hyperspectral imaging technique will play an increasingly important role in geological investigation in future.