STABILITY ANALYSIS OF OPEN-PIT COPPER MINE BY USE OF NUMERICAL MODELING METHODS

Authors
SINGH VK DHAR BB
Citation
Vk. Singh et Bb. Dhar, STABILITY ANALYSIS OF OPEN-PIT COPPER MINE BY USE OF NUMERICAL MODELING METHODS, Transactions - Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Section A. Mining industry, 103, 1994, pp. 10000067-10000074
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Metallurgy & Mining
Journal title
Transactions - Institution of Mining and Metallurgy. Section A. Mining industry → ACNP
ISSN journal
03717844
Volume
103
Year of publication
1994
Pages
10000067 - 10000074
Database
ISI
SICI code
0371-7844(1994)103:<10000067:SAOOCM>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The stability of the slopes of an open-pit copper mine was analysed in two dimensions with the use of a finite-difference code. The properti es of the rock material were determined in the laboratory and subseque ntly modified to approximate those of the in-situ rock mass of the ope n-pit slopes. Geotechnical mapping was undertaken to determine the cri tical orientation of structural discontinuities. The results of the nu merical modelling work indicated that an open-pit 148 m in depth would be stable with overall slope angles of 60-degrees.