3-D Modelling and Reserve Estimation for a Copper Deposit
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- 10.2991/978-94-6463-252-1_126How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Mine Planning; Metal Mining; Mine planning Software; Surpac; Reserve and Grade Estimation; Feasibility Study
- Abstract
Mine planning and design require large amounts of the data; these can be handled very well by the application of suitable hardware and mine planning software. These mine planning software offers a complete 3D-dimensional visualization of the deposit and mine, allowing for any orientation to be rotated, zoomed, sectioned, visualized, or sliced to better understand the metal lodes, coal, or limestone deposit, as well as for proposed or existing openings, stopes, ramps, levels, raises, and winzes. A fast-expanding area of the geological profession is the computer-assisted creation of geological models to calculate reserves, determine the best extraction method, or reflect the geometry and grade distribution within orebodies. These models are increasingly employed as a crucial foundation for figuring out whether mineral deposits are feasible in terms of real-world mine design and financial considerations. To make the job easier, old procedures like field or subsurface mapping, manually estimating grade and tonnage using geometric approaches like triangulation, as well as related tasks like interpolating cross-sections, using stereographic projections, core logging, and hand contouring, must be replaced with computerized software.
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TY - CONF AU - Mandeep Singh Gill AU - B. S. Choudhary AU - Vikram Sakinala PY - 2023 DA - 2023/11/09 TI - 3-D Modelling and Reserve Estimation for a Copper Deposit BT - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering (ICETE 2023) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 1256 EP - 1264 SN - 2352-5401 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-252-1_126 DO - 10.2991/978-94-6463-252-1_126 ID - Gill2023 ER -