DRILL PAD LAYOUT EXAMPLES

REVERSE CIRCULATION
DRILL PAD LAYOUT
Road
20m
Crew
Vehicle

Booster/AUX

GRID LINE

Booster
Hoses
Support
Truck
25m for
60% hole
Outside
Return
S
u
m
p
s
Cyclone
Return

Exclusion
Sample
Bags

Zone

Geo
Vehicle
DEEP HOLE - TILT OUT HEAD
WITH PRESENTER LAYOUT

CAB FUEL TANKS

Sump NEED
6m x 3m x 1m TANKS ACCESS
TO
RE-FUEL
RIG
Sump BEAN PUMP

6m x 3m x 1m

Sump
Humpy

6m x 3m x 1m

HOLE

30m DRILL
FLUID
DRAIN
Rod
Rack
Tube
Rack
Core
Samples

Lighting
Towers

PARKING NOTE TO EARTHWORKS

Ÿ Pad should be as level as possible
Ÿ Pad should be as flat as possible
Ÿ Pad should have windrows to protect
open edges
ACCESS Ÿ If in pit pad should have windrow to
protect work area from other vehicles
Ÿ Sump should be downhill slightly from
drill hole to allow water flow

25m
DIAMOND
DRILL PAD LAYOUT

CAB FUEL TANKS

NEED
ACCESS
TO
TANKS RE-FUEL
RIG
BEAN PUMP

DRILL
FLUID
Sump DRAIN HOLE
4m x 3m x 1m
30m

Tube Rod
Rack Presenter

Core
Samples

Lighting
Towers

PARKING NOTE TO EARTHWORKS

Ÿ Pad should be as level as possible
Ÿ Pad should be as flat as possible
Ÿ Pad should have windrows to protect
open edges
ACCESS Ÿ If in pit pad should have windrow to
protect work area from other vehicles
Ÿ Sump should be downhill slightly from
drill hole to allow water flow

25m
DIAMOND
DRILL PAD LAYOUT

CAB FUEL TANKS

NEED
ACCESS
TO
TANKS RE-FUEL
RIG
BEAN PUMP

DRILL
FLUID
Sump DRAIN HOLE
4m x 3m x 1m
30m
Presenter

Tube Rod
Rod

Rack Rack

Core
Samples

Lighting
Towers

PARKING NOTE TO EARTHWORKS

Ÿ Pad should be as level as possible
Ÿ Pad should be as flat as possible
Ÿ Pad should have windrows to protect
open edges
ACCESS Ÿ If in pit pad should have windrow to
protect work area from other vehicles
Ÿ Sump should be downhill slightly from
drill hole to allow water flow

25m
DUAL TUBE/FLOODED REVERSE
DRILL PAD LAYOUT
ACCESS

WATER
TANKS
KEEP
CLEAR 25m
PARKING
Mud
Trailer
Blue Bin or
Compressor
Grouting 5m
Unit

S
HOLE u
Drillers Desander
m 10m
Utility 15m p
s
Drill
60m Platform

S
u
Rod m 10m
ROD Loader p
Trailer s

Flat Deck SOIL 10m

Trailer

ACCESS
40m
DIAMOND
DRILL PAD LAYOUT

CAB FUEL TANKS

NEED
ACCESS
TO
TANKS RE-FUEL
RIG
BEAN PUMP

DRILL
FLUID
Sump DRAIN HOLE
4m x 3m x 1m
30m

Tube Rod
Rack Rack

Core
Samples

Lighting
Towers

PARKING NOTE TO EARTHWORKS

Ÿ Pad should be as level as possible
Ÿ Pad should be as flat as possible
Ÿ Pad should have windrows to protect
open edges
ACCESS Ÿ If in pit pad should have windrow to
protect work area from other vehicles
Ÿ Sump should be downhill slightly from
drill hole to allow water flow

25m
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