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Method Shape Plunge Thickness Grades Depth RMR Ore RMR HW

Open Pit 4 1 2 3 0 3 3
Block Caving 4 4 -49 3 3 0 3
Sublevel Stoping 3 4 1 4 4 4 0
Sublevel Caving 3 4 -49 3 2 1 4
Longwall -49 -49 3 4 2 2 5
Room and Pillar 0 -49 3 4 3 5 0
Shrinkage Stoping 0 4 4 3 3 3 0
Cut and Fill 1 4 4 2 3 3 5
Top Slicing 1 0 1 2 1 1 0
Square Set 0 2 3 0 1 0 4

Input Data << Click on the 'Input Data' button to begin

Final Results UBC Mining Method Selector

1 Cut and Fill 33
2 Open Pit 29 Mining Method Selector Algorithm developed by:
3 Sublevel Stoping 26 Miller-Tait, L., Pakalnis, R. and Poulin, R., (1995), UBC Mining Method
4 Shrinkage Stoping 23 4th Int'l. Symp. on Mine Planning & Equipment Selection, Calgary, 31 O
5 Square Set 17
6 Top Slicing 13 Excel and Visual Basic Implementation by:
7 Block Caving -21 Jeff Breadner (1999). (jbreadner@yahoo.com)
8 Sublevel Caving -21
9 Room and Pillar -34 Original Idea:
10 Longwall -72 Nicholas, D. (1992) SME Mining Engineering Handbook, 2nd Edition, V

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please contact Jeff Breadner at jbreadner@yahoo.com
 RMR FW RSS Ore RSS HW RMR FW Total
4 3 3 3 29
3 2 3 3 -21
2 2 1 1 26
3 3 3 2 -21
0 5 5 0 -72
0 0 0 0 -34
2 1 1 2 23
2 1 5 3 33
1 2 2 2 13
0 3 2 2 17

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95), UBC Mining Method Selection,

nt Selection, Calgary, 31 Oct-3 Nov, 1995, pp. 163-168.

Handbook, 2nd Edition, Volume 2, pg. 2091-2108.

bout the excel implementation of this program,

er at jbreadner@yahoo.com
 DO NOT MODIFY THESE DATA!
This information is core to this mining selection process!

Shape Plunge Thickne

Method Equidimensional Platy/Tabular Irregular Flat Moderate Steep V. Narrow
Open Pit 4 2 3 3 3 1 1
Block Caving 4 2 0 3 2 4 -49
Sublevel Stoping 3 4 1 2 1 4 -10
Sublevel Caving 3 4 1 1 1 4 -49
Longwall -49 4 -49 4 0 -49 4
Room and Pillar 0 4 2 4 0 -49 4
Shrinkage Stoping 0 4 2 -49 0 4 4
Cut and Fill 1 4 4 1 3 4 3
Top Slicing 1 2 0 4 2 0 1
Square Set 0 1 4 2 3 2 4
 Thickness Grades Depth
Narrow Intermediate Thick V. Thick Uniform Gradationa Erratic <100m 100-600 >600m
2 3 4 4 3 3 2 4 0 -49
-49 0 3 4 3 2 2 2 3 3
1 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 2
-49 0 4 4 3 2 2 3 2 2
3 0 -49 -49 4 1 0 2 2 3
3 1 -49 -49 4 2 0 3 3 2
4 0 -49 -49 3 2 2 3 3 2
4 4 1 0 2 3 4 2 3 4
1 0 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1
3 2 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 2
 RMR Ore RMR Hanging Wall
V. Weak Weak Moderate Strong V. Strong V. Weak Weak Moderate Strong
3 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 4
4 3 2 0 -49 3 3 3 2
1 3 4 4 4 -49 0 3 4
3 4 3 1 0 4 4 3 2
6 6 4 2 2 6 5 4 3
-49 0 3 5 6 -49 0 3 5
0 1 3 3 3 0 0 2 4
0 1 2 3 3 3 5 4 3
3 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 3
4 4 1 0 0 4 4 1 0
Wall RMR Footwall RSS Ore
V. Strong V. Weak Weak Moderate Strong V. Strong V. Weak Weak Moderate
4 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 3
2 3 3 3 2 2 4 2 1
4 0 0 2 3 3 0 2 4
2 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 3
3 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 2
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
4 0 0 2 3 3 0 1 3
3 3 3 2 2 2 0 1 3
3 0 0 1 2 2 3 2 1
0 3 1 0 0 0 4 3 1
S Ore RSS Hanging Wall RSS Footwall
Strong V. Weak Weak Moderate Strong V. Weak Weak Moderate Strong
3 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 4
0 4 3 2 0 4 3 2 1
4 0 1 4 5 0 1 3 3
2 4 3 2 1 1 2 2 2
1 6 5 2 2 0 0 0 0
6 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0
4 0 1 3 4 0 2 3 3
3 3 5 4 2 1 3 3 2
0 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1
0 4 2 1 0 3 2 0 0