卡迪亚露天坑不稳定性监测及管理研讨.docVIP

Cadia Extended Pit Instability Monitoring and Management F. Pothitos Newcrest Mining Ltd, Cadia Valley Operations, Australia S. Webster Newcrest Mining Ltd, Cadia Valley Operations ,Australia L. Meagher Newcrest Mining Ltd, Cadia Valley Operations ,Australia T. Li Newcrest Mining Ltd, Australia 1 introduction Cadia Valley Operations are located approximately 250km west of Sydney and 25 km south of Orange. The Cadia Extended (CX) pit is located immediately north of the main Cadia Hill Pit. Mining in the CX Pit commenced in January 2003 and was completed in July 2004 during which a total of 23 million tonnes of material was mined. The dimensions of the pit are 400m in length, 350m in width and 105m in depth. The strategic purpose of the CX pit was to fill in a production gap. This required accelerating the project from concept to operation over a short period. The design of the pit attempted to take into consideration the geotechnical uncertainties and short life required. There are instabilities and localised failures the second half of the pit life. ???? Monitoring and management aspects. 2 GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURE The CX pit comprises of Ordovician monzonite and lesser volcanics unconformably overlain by Silurian sediments near the pit surface. The weathering profile is relatively shallow and controlled by the major structures that intersect the area. A creek line through the central area of the pit required dieversion along the western wall in the early stages of mining. Up to four deformation events are recognised in the Cadia district (Hewson, 2004). Of these the most significant was Ordovician-aged faulting coeval with mineralisation, and Devonian-aged regional thrusting that caused the Cadia Extended deposit to lie on the haingingwall of a major west-dipping fault (Cadiangullong Fault). For all geotechnical sectors the mapped shear and fault orientations are shown in Figure 1. Spatial analysis identified four structural domains (Table 1). Figure 1 Stere