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MineSight®
Foundations

Part 4
Drillhole Views
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 Subjects Covered
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1. Importing drillhole data
1.1 From an Acquire database
1.2 From ASCII (text) files
1.2.1 Convert Collar, Survey, Assay files - concsa.dat
1.2.2 Initialize files 11 and 12 in Compass
1.2.3 Run p20101.dat to load output file from concsa.dat to file 11&12
2. Creating a Drillhole View
3. Drillhole View properties
3.1 The Selection tab
3.2 The Display tab
3.3 The Survey tab
3.4 The Intervals tab
3.5 The Piercement tab
3.6 The Strips tab
3.6.1 The Colour Strip
3.6.2 The Downhole Tick Strip
3.6.3 The Dip Meter Strip
3.6.4 The Geology Stick Strip
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Subjects Covered – cont.
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3.7.1 Displaying Rose Diagram in Plan

3.7.2 Displaying Geotech Plot in Plan
3.8 The Spear tab
3.9 The Points tab
3.10 The Info tab
4. Fence Diagrams
5. Drillhole View exercises
6. Exporting drillholes as polylines

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1. Importing Drillhole data
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There are two main methods of loading drillhole data.

1.1 From an Acquire Database, or
1.2 From ASCII (.txt) files

NOTE: to open data from Acquire you must use the ms3dacqdss
version of MS3D

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1.1 Loading Drillholes from Acquire
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• Create a database if one doesn't
already exist.

• To do this, copy the default

access database
(attrib13_16.mdb) .mbd file from
C:/medexe… to your project
folder

• Rename the file appropriately

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 Go to…
• Start > Control Panel >
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Sources (ODBC) > and select
either System DSN or User DSN
tab

• Select Add and select the type

of database to use
SQL Native Client

• Finish
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 • Give the Data Source a Name and
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• Fill in the server name

• Click Next

• Choose the way you will authenticate

with the Database server (usually by
your Windows login)

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 Now to connect to the database
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• Find the database using the drop-down
box

• Click Next

• Click Finish

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• Now that you have a connection to a database you need to run

compass procedure pacq2med.met or (pacq2med.dat for multi
runs) to extract data to MineSight drillhole files

NOTE: to open data from Acquire you must use the ms3dacqdss
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1.2 Loading Drillholes from a .dat file
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Method:
1.2.1 Combine collar and assay files (and optionally survey or geology)
into one file by using the procedure concsa.dat (Convert Collar,
Survey, Assay files) It will create an output file (dat201.ia) which
will then be loaded to the file 11

1.2.2 Initialize files 11 and 12 in Compass

1.2.3 Run p20101.dat to load the output file from concsa.dat to file
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• In MineSight select the Convert Collar,

Survey, Assay file procedure
(concsa.dat) this will convert all three
files at once.

• Information on the collar.dat file will be

requested first

• Fill out the required fields, Collar File

name, number of header lines, and
number of items in the file to use. Tick
the extra file collar file items check box
to include azi and dip data (this will be
entered in the next panel)

• Select for the next panel.

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• Enter the column numbers of

the Azimuth and the Dip data.

• Enter any additional fields that

you wish to include.

• Select for the next panel.

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• This next panel requires

information from the survey.dat
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• Open the file in Kedit (or similar

text editor) to determine the
column format and content.

• Fill in the panel accordingly.

• Select for the next panel.

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concsa.dat – Panel 4 – Assay info
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• This next panel requires

information from the assay.dat
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• Open the file in Kedit (or

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the column format and content.

• Fill in the panel accordingly.

• Select for the next panel.

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• Fill in any additional fields you

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• Select for the next panel.

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• This is the panel to use if you

have a geology file you wish to
incorporate.

• Select

• The file will run and generate a

file (dat201.ia) and a report
(rptcsa.1a). Check the report
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continue. If not we have to find
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there are no more errors
we are ready to import the
dat201.ia file.

• To do this we need to run

procedure p20101.dat

• But before we do this we

need to initialize the 11
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1.2.2 Initialise files 11 and 12
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Compass dialogue box and open the
Project File Editor (PFE).
• File > New Select 11 - Assay

• Add any additional fields. In this

instance CU, MO, ROCK and ALT have
been added as well as their respective
Min and Max values. The precision
values have also been altered to reflect
the values in the assay.dat file.
• Save
• Name the file bord11.dat
• Save
• OK to the PFE being updated.
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Compass dialogue box and open the
Project File Editor (PFE).
• File > New Select 12 - Survey

• Leave the panel as is, although there is

room to add additional fields at the
bottom of the main window.
• Save the file
• Yes to the Notice about constants
• Save and name the file bord12.dat
• Save
• OK to the PFE being updated.
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1.2.3 Run p20101.dat to load consca.dat output file
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• Enter the filename

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• Next

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• To run the procedure

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check the Check Data
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• Next

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• Enter item labels

• Next > Go

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• Check the run report

• If there are no errors

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• uncheck the check

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p20101.dat - Load ASCII DH Data - Panel 4
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• Enter item labels

• Next > Go

• This will load the

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2. Creating a Drillhole View
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1. In the data manager right click
on 01_Drillhole folder > New >
DH View > MineSight
2. Name the DH view > OK
3. The dialogue to the left will be
displayed. Click Select PCF to
browse to the PCF file you wish
to use, select the file > Open
4. Highlight the msop11.dat and
msop12.dat files
5. Select OK
6. Choose No to limiting the items

The Drillhole View

Properties dialogue will
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3. Drillhole View Properties
The Drillhole View Properties
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Selection Tab is used to select and load drillholes to the Drillhole View.

3.1 The Selection Tab • All of the drillholes that are available to
be displayed in the Drillhole View are
listed in the dialog.

• The Load Selection and Unload

Selection buttons load or unload the
selected drillholes from the Drillhole
View. A check in the box adjacent to the
Drillhole ID indicates the drillhole has
been loaded.

• The number of selected drillholes that

are displayed is updated as additional
drillholes are selected.

• Drillholes can be selected individually or

as a group, using a number of filtering
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Selecting and Editing Drillholes
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• You can select drillholes to load based on grade and range as well
as coded items and their respective values if you wish.
Selecting by Location
• You can also select drillholes to load based on their respective
location.
Edit Geometry
• The Edit Geometry function allows
editing of a drillhole's geometry; collar
items (Easting, Northing, elevation),
downhole survey items (Azimuth and
Dip), and the interval geometry items
FROM and -TO-. Any loaded drillhole
with well-defined geometry can be
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 3.2 The Display Tab
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3D or 2D, select the font to use for labels, and has several Options for 2D
2D Option choices:
viewing mode. • Projection Volume - adjusts the amount of data in the Viewer
relative to the current plane. This also applies to fence
diagrams.
• Invert View - changes the azimuth from 0º to 180º or vice
versa. This is to be used in conjunction with the Rotate View
180º option under Viewer Properties > View Options.
• Orient Strips and Labels with hole – orients strips relative to
the up vector defined by the start and end points of the hole
rather than based on the planar view.
• Display Offsection Distances at Collar and End Point - will
display the distance of the drillhole from its collar or end point
to the 2D grid plane the hole is displayed.

• Alternate Label Drawing - will display the downhole assay values in the direction perpendicular to the
drillhole trace. If toggled Off, the values are displayed horizontally. The Alternate Label Drawing toggle
should be used when viewing vertical drillhole views with vertical exaggeration.
• Draw Histograms and Wiggle Traces in One Direction - will cause histogram strips found on the left
side of the drillhole to be drawn as if it were on the right side
• Piercement angle is a 'threshold' angle which determines the display style of strips for near-vertical
drillholes. The bigger the piercement angle, the more likely a drillhole is considered vertical and is thus
displayed as a point.
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options in 2D and/or 3D.
• Trace – provides option for displaying the
Drillhole Trace in 2D and/or 3D, as well as
trace colour, line type, and line thickness.

• ID Label – provides options for displaying

Drillhole ID’s in 2D and/or 3D, Label colour,
Label height, orientation, and position.

• In addition, the drillhole ID contents can be displayed using the five ID Contents
windows. Windows 1, 3 and 5 allow you to enter any item from the survey file,
and its value will be displayed. The second and fourth windows are text windows
that allow you to add user-specified characters to your drillhole ID labels (e.g.
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3.4 The Intervals Tab
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also filter the drillhole view to display• only those holes

Selected Itemthat fit the
– Click onfiltering
the "+" criteria.
or "-"
buttons to add or remove an item label
from the view. Use the Item selector to
display various items from the drillhole
file, set the number of decimal places for
the values.
• Change the positions of the labels and
drill trace by selecting either the trace or
labels and using the arrow icons to move
them.
• Interval Filtering – allows you to apply
an item filter to limit the drillhole view by
certain user-specified criteria. Multiple
items from the drillhole can be used in the
filtering criteria equation(s). To use
Interval Filtering, toggle ON the checkbox.
• Item Label Style – allows you to display
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is being represented as a Pierce Point when in 2D view

• Angle Piercement – option works in
conjunction with items specified for
display in 2D mode on the Intervals
Tab. These labels will be displayed for
the pierced drillhole interval at the angle
specified (i.e. 15º). The angle is
measured from horizontal.

• Display Piercements Labels on

Corners - will display up to 12 different
items for the pierced drillhole interval at
the positions specified around the pierce
point. This option has no connection to
items specified for display on the Intervals
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plotting. The Strips tab is only active in viewers set for 2D mode. There are 4
strip types: Colour Strip, Down Hole Tick Strip, Dip Meter Strip and

Geology Stick Strip. Strips are added by using the icons for the
specific strip. Once selected, the Strip Definition
dialog for that type of strip is invoked.
Change the positions of the strips relative to the
drill trace by selecting either the drill trace or
strips and using the arrow icons to move them.
To remove any selected strip, click the Remove
Strip ("-") button.

Strip Display Options – controls the Label

height, Label and Line colour and the Line style
displayed on the strips.

Graph Options – Toggle on Show Major and Minor Graph Lines to display the
Dip Meter graph, Scale/Wiggle Trace Lines for the General strip, and Interval
Outlines for histograms, drawn along each drillhole.
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3.6.1 Colour Strip: Displaying Geophysical Log Data
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3.6.2 Downhole Stick Strip: Displaying Geophysical Dip Data
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• Colour code on DIP item • Turn grid on / off • Colour code on AZIM item
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Tad poles represent “true dip” reading

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Dip Meter Strip - Setup
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Dip meter and curves loaded into file

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and trace generated
• Trace “stick” = apparent dip, not true dip unless sliced parallel to azimuth
(dip direction)
• Disc is sliced according to grid set orientation

Colour code on Colour code on

DIP item AZIM item

Aid in identifying geologic contacts and

packages and steeply dipping units
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Geology Stick Strip – Setup
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Geotech Dip Diagrams at drillhole collars.

Dip Direction Item (azimuth) and Dip Item and

Coefficient Item are used to orient Disks,
Sticks, tadpoles in Dip Meter strips and Rose
Diagrams.
Disks - are visible in 3-D, and sticks are
displayed in 2-D. Disks can be Toggled ON/OFF,
displayed as triangles of varying size and colour
and filtered for frequency or user criteria.
Collar Rose/Geotech Diagram - plots a rose
diagram or a Geotech Dip Meter at the top of the
drillhole in 3D- views. In a Rose Diagram petals
are oriented by the dip direction (azimuth) and
their length is based on the number of samples

with the same azimuth. In a Geotech Dip Diagram the dip direction (azimuth) data
is sorted into oriented petals and the number of bins for dip is based off the dip
item's cut-off table, normally 4 to 5 bins. The petal length is based on the number
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– In each AZIM bin, DIP’s sorted into E

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surfaces to be coded to either assays or composites directly in the viewer.
Three coding options are available: Code intervals,
Create geometry or Export intersections. Begin by
selecting the solid(s) or surfaces(s) geometry to be used
for coding the drillhole intervals. These solids/surfaces
must be open in the viewer. Multiple solids can be used
by choosing the folder those open objects exist in.
Code Intervals – select the item for coding; the
selected item's range is displayed next to the selection.
Optionally an interval percent item can be chosen,
which will store the percentage of an interval within the
solid. Specify a value for Code intervals >= % inside
solid to set the interval based on how much of the
interval exists within the solid. Toggle ON Reset code
items to assign a specific value to all intervals in the
loaded drillholes prior to coding the intervals using the
spearing function

Create Geometry - generates marker and line

segments for the interval within the solid
Export intersections - will export to an ASCII file the coordinates of the intersection points
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3.9 The Points Tab
The Points tab is used to generate
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a drillhole item. These points will be saved to a geometry object and can be
attributed with the drillhole ID by toggling ON the Attribute points with DH ID

option. Options available

• Points generated at top-most occurrence
• Points generated at bottom-most occurrence
• Points generated at Collar
• Points at Top of Sequences
• Points at Bottom of Sequence
• Points at start of each interval
• Points at contact between values in a
particular item.

Use Preview to view the results prior to saving.

Use Apply to save the new points to the open

edit object.

Cancel will cancel the operation.

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The Info tab displays information
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displays the source files used to generate the Drillhole View. The second area
displays File information - Type, Location, Size, Date created, and Date last

modified. The System notes window displays information

from the source files such as Total drillholes,
number of loaded drillholes, cutoff and
geometry items, and Assay items, with
minimum, maximum, and precision values.

The User notes area is available for users to

enter notes that will be saved with the object.

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Snap to dh

Line 1

2. Assign Element Attribute to

each polyline

Line 3
Line 2

3. Install geometry
object as “fence set”

1. Digitize fence diagram section

lines into geometry object

4. Fence diagram sections show

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Fence section Line 3

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Offset = 0m since fence section

polyline snapped to dh’s
3D view

Fence diagrams limited to

dh views and geometry
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1. Use the various Load Drillhole

functions
1. Load by Grade
2. Load by Location

2. Display Various cut-off items

1. CU - copper
2. ROCK - Rock Type

3. Change the cut-off intervals for CU

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1. Toggle the Show drillholes in 3D
and Show Drillholes in 2D options
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1. Toggle the Show trace in 3D and
Show trace in 2D options in both 2D
and 3D views to verify trace
functions.

2. Toggle the Show ID in 3D and

Show ID in 2D options in both 2D
and 3D views to verify label
functions.

3. Change location and alignment of

the drillhole labels.

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1. Add item labels to be displayed and
orientate them with respect to the
drillhole trace.

2. Set Item Labels to display by a fixed

colour or by cut-off. Colour, height,
alignment and offset can be adjusted

3. Apply a filter to the data based on

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1. Display drillholes in a 2d planar view,
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The Strips Tab
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1. Display a histogram of CU

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Drillhole View
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2. Highlight and right-click

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select Highlight. This
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drill trace as a geometry object

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