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ME551/GEO551 Introduction To Geology of Industrial Minerals Spring 2011

This document provides an overview of mining methods, transportation, and marketing for industrial minerals. It discusses the various underground, surface, and placer mining methods that are used depending on the size and shape of the ore body and economic factors. Specific mining methods covered include room and pillar mining, sublevel caving, block caving, cut-and-fill, placer mining, and solution mining. The document also briefly mentions future mining methods like ocean mining, deep sea nodule mining, and asteroid mining. Links are provided for additional information on surface mining equipment, underground mining galleries, and the placer mining process.

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ME551/GEO551 Introduction To Geology of Industrial Minerals Spring 2011

This document provides an overview of mining methods, transportation, and marketing for industrial minerals. It discusses the various underground, surface, and placer mining methods that are used depending on the size and shape of the ore body and economic factors. Specific mining methods covered include room and pillar mining, sublevel caving, block caving, cut-and-fill, placer mining, and solution mining. The document also briefly mentions future mining methods like ocean mining, deep sea nodule mining, and asteroid mining. Links are provided for additional information on surface mining equipment, underground mining galleries, and the placer mining process.

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ME551/GEO551 Introduction to

Geology of Industrial Minerals


Spring 2011

BASIC CONCEPTS: MINING


METHODS, TRANSPORTATION,
MARKETING
Ore bodies come in many sizes
and geometric shapes and mining
methods must conform to each
specific ore body and metal
recovery economics.
Mining methods?
Mining methods
• Underground
• Surface
• Placer
• Leaching/solution
Surface

• Strip
• open pit
• quarry
http://www.uky.edu/KGS/coal/surface_equip.htm
http://www.dnr.mo.gov/env/lrp/homeim.htm
Underground
• methods producing natural or minimal
support (room and pillar)
• caving methods where failure of the back
(roof or overburden) is required (sublevel
caving, block caving)
• methods that require substantial artificial
support (cut and fill or stope backfill)
http://www.digistar.mb.ca/minsci/ug/undergm.htm
Room and pillar
Sublevel caving
Kvapil, 1992, with permission from SME
Block caving at El Teniente
from Julin, 1992, with permission from SME
Cut-and-fill method
Placer
mining

http://www.homestead.com/theclaimpost/PlacerMiningMethods.html
Solution mining

http://www.saltinstitute.org/images/saltdome.gif
http://web.ead.anl.gov/saltcaverns/desc/index.htm
http://www.uic.com.au/nip40.htm
Future methods
• Ocean mining
• Deep sea nodules
• Asteroid mining
• Robots
http://books.smenet.org/Min_Eng_Hndbk/meh2-toc.cfm
http://www.admmr.state.az.us/Publications/circ065improcess.html
• How are commodity prices determined?
1 pg answer emailed to me by Feb 15

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