Relationships between Geology, Ore-body Genesis, and Rock Mass Characteristics in Block Caving Mines

As Block Caving Mining becomes a more widely used method of extracting ore from deep, low-grade, weak, disseminated ore-bodies, it becomes important to understand the negative side effects associated with this mining method. One of the greatest side effects of concern is subsidence that results fro...

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Main Author: Banks, Craig
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:Banks, Craig. 2009. Relationships between Geology, Ore-body Genesis, and Rock Mass Characteristics in Block Caving Mines Undergraduate Honours Thesis. Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences. University of British Columbia. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7011
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