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Mines Overview

Photo of Lihir Mine.

Mines

Mines in many countries throughout the world, including USA, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Australia, New Guinea and Zaire, have used Geokon instruments to monitor the stability of underground openings or pit slopes. Of particular note is a full-scale, mine-wide monitoring system installed at J.M. Asbestos, Quebec to monitor the safety of the steep hanging wall as the pit was deepened. [Mine Monitoring Instrumentation]

Case Histories

Photo of Morenci Mine.

Photo of dewatering well monitoring.

Morenci Mine

Arizona, USA

The Morenci mine covers approximately 60,000 acres and has five pits, three of which are currently active. It is the largest copper mine in North America and one of the largest in the world.

The instrumentation program was designed to integrate data from Total Stations (TPS), dewatering well monitoring, slope monitoring using wire extensometers, MFL leaching levels, flow monitoring and two weather stations into a single database using MultiLoggerDB and MLWeb. Hardware solutions were developed and supplied to access all measurements via mine-wide communications using a high-bandwidth Mesh wireless TCP/IP network.

All measurements (approximately 1500 data elements in total) are integrated into a single database/interface. If an alarm is triggered, the interface allows the operations personnel to quickly determine the location, cause and relevant details of the alarm.

For additional information, please view the Canary Systems Project Profile

Kimballton Mine

Virginia, USA

The field work at the Kimballton Mine in Ripplemeade, Virginia, includes NX sample coring of the roof and floor of the 15E level of the mine, USBM-method overcore stress measurements, and installation of Geokon Multiple-Position Borehole Extensometers (MPBXs).

An NX sample core hole was drilled through the ore zone and into the footwall to a total depth of 137.8 feet. Another NX sample core hole was drilled into the roof of the mine to a depth of 11.4 feet. The core from both core holes was logged by CMC and the core was transported back to Grand Junction, Colorado, for sample selection and strength testing. For more information, please visit Agapito Associates, Inc.

Agapito Associates, Inc. (AAI) provides consulting services in geo-engineering, mining engineering, and related disciplines. Image and project summary provided courtesy of Agapito Associates, Inc.

Geokon welcomes Case History contributions. If you have a project you would like to be considered for inclusion in our Case History section, please submit details along with 2 or 3 suitable images to the Geokon .

Mines Overview
	Mines Mines in many countries throughout the world, including USA, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Australia, New Guinea and Zaire, have used Geokon instruments to monitor the stability of underground openings or pit slopes. Of particular note is a full-scale, mine-wide monitoring system installed at J.M. Asbestos, Quebec to monitor the safety of the steep hanging wall as the pit was deepened. [Mine Monitoring Instrumentation]
Case Histories
	Morenci Mine Arizona, USA The Morenci mine covers approximately 60,000 acres and has five pits, three of which are currently active. It is the largest copper mine in North America and one of the largest in the world. The instrumentation program was designed to integrate data from Total Stations (TPS), dewatering well monitoring, slope monitoring using wire extensometers, MFL leaching levels, flow monitoring and two weather stations into a single database using MultiLoggerDB and MLWeb. Hardware solutions were developed and supplied to access all measurements via mine-wide communications using a high-bandwidth Mesh wireless TCP/IP network. All measurements (approximately 1500 data elements in total) are integrated into a single database/interface. If an alarm is triggered, the interface allows the operations personnel to quickly determine the location, cause and relevant details of the alarm. For additional information, please view the Canary Systems Project Profile
	Kimballton Mine Virginia, USA The field work at the Kimballton Mine in Ripplemeade, Virginia, includes NX sample coring of the roof and floor of the 15E level of the mine, USBM-method overcore stress measurements, and installation of Geokon Multiple-Position Borehole Extensometers (MPBXs). An NX sample core hole was drilled through the ore zone and into the footwall to a total depth of 137.8 feet. Another NX sample core hole was drilled into the roof of the mine to a depth of 11.4 feet. The core from both core holes was logged by CMC and the core was transported back to Grand Junction, Colorado, for sample selection and strength testing. For more information, please visit Agapito Associates, Inc. Agapito Associates, Inc. (AAI) provides consulting services in geo-engineering, mining engineering, and related disciplines. Image and project summary provided courtesy of Agapito Associates, Inc.
Geokon welcomes Case History contributions. If you have a project you would like to be considered for inclusion in our Case History section, please submit details along with 2 or 3 suitable images to the Geokon .