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Open Pit Mine Planning &Design - Fundamentals : 

Open Pit Mine Planning &Design - Fundamentals

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2 Parts of a bench Geometrical Considerations Cumulative frequency distribution of measured bench face angles (Call, 1986).

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3 Section through a working bench. Functioning of catch benches. Geometrical Considerations

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4 Double benches at final pit limits. Catch bench geometry (Call, 1986). Typical catch bench design dimensions (Call, 1986). Bench height Impact zone Berm height Berm width Minimum bench width (m) 15 30 45 (m) 3.5 4.5 5 (m) 1.5 2 3 (m) 4 5.5 8 (m) 7.5 10 13 Geometrical Considerations

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5 Safety berms at bench edge Geometrical Considerations

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6 Height of reach as a function of bucket size. Geometrical Considerations

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7 Example orebody geometry. Ramp access for the example orebody. Blast design for the ramp excavation. Geometrical Considerations

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8 Shovel Working Range

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9 Minimum width drop cut geometry with shovel alternating from side to side. Geometrical Considerations

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10 Minimum width drop cut geometry with shovel alternating from side to side. Geometrical Considerations

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11 Isometric view of the ramp in waste approaching the orebody. Diagrammatic representation of the expanding mining front. Geometrical Considerations

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12 Dropcut / ramp placement in ore. Expansion of the mining front. Geometrical Considerations

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13 Plan view of an actual pit bottom Showing drop cut and mining Expansion (McWilliams, 1959). Geometrical Considerations

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14 Extension of the current Ramp close to the pit wall (McWilliams, 1959). Geometrical Considerations

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15 Creating initial access / benches. Shovel cut sequence when initiating benching in a hilly terrain (Nichols, 1956). Sidehill cut with a shovel. Geometrical Considerations

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16 Detailed steps in the development of a new production level. Geometrical Considerations

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17 Parallel cut with drive by. Geometrical Considerations

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18 Parallel cut with the double spotting of trucks. Geometrical Considerations

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19 Parallel cut with the single spotting of trucks. Geometrical Considerations

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20 Time sequence showing shovel loading with single spotting. Geometrical Considerations

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22 Time sequence showing shovel loading with double spotting. Geometrical Considerations

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23 (Continued). Geometrical Considerations

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24 Geometrical Considerations (Continued).

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25 Section and plan views through a working bench. Simplified presentation of a safety berm. Geometrical Considerations

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26 Initial geometry for the push back example. Cut mining from bench 1. Cut mining from bench 2. Geometrical Considerations

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27 Overall slope angle. Safety bench geometry showing bench face angle. Geometrical Considerations

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28 Overall slope angle with ramp included. Interramp slope angles. Geometrical Considerations

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29 Overall slope angle with Working bench included. Interramp angles associated with the working bench. Geometrical Considerations

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30 Overall slope angle with one working bench an a ramp section. Interramp slope angles for a slope containing a working bench and a ramp. Geometrical Considerations

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31 Overall slope angle for a slope containing two working benches. Geometrical Considerations

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32 Slopes for each working group. Geometrical Considerations

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33 Final overall pit slope. Geometrical Considerations

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