ENGINEERING GEOLOGY AND MINING

This review of the engineering geologist's functions in a mine working operation, focuses attention on underground operations including open case workings (but not quarring). The engineering geologist's function starts in the planning and exploration stage; contributes to the design of the workings; continuously feeds information to the mining engineers and planners during extraction to ensure efficient working; and after the extraction phase, is involved in the closing-up and final report preparation. At the pre-planning stage, considerable geological expertise is required in the desk study/practice program needed to provide adequate geostructural information. Geological diagrams are presented here which illustrate the effect of superficial deposits over faults and fissures, the longitudinal section of a subsidence trough, the effect of superficial deposits on type and area of instability from shallow workings, the effect of thick sand on subsidence area, and surface instability owing to abandoned shallow mine workings. Selection of pile termination points in areas of shallow room-and-pillar mine workings, position houses off areas of predicted instability instead of grouting old mine workings, and various other aspects are also illustrated.

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  Foundation Publications Limited

  7 Ongar Road
  Brentwood CM15 9AU, Essex,   England 
• Authors:
  • RANKILOR, P R
• Publication Date: 1976-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 22-26
• Serial:
  • GROUND ENGINEERING
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: EMAP CONSTRUCT LIMITED
  • ISSN: 0017-4653

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Engineering geology; Faults; Geological surveying; Mines; Settlement (Structures); Subsidence (Geology); Support piles
• Old TRIS Terms: Subsurface explorations
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148641
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 30 1977 12:00AM