ROCK MASS DESCRIPTION DATA SHEET Date :

Project Name : Field Party :

Project No : Weather :

GENERAL INFORMATION

Location Station/Hole No.

Locality No. of Sheets of

Slope Length
Type Discontinuity Data
1. Natural Exposure
2. Construction Excavation
Slope Height Sketch
3. Trial Pit
4. Trench
5. Adit
Core Size Photograph
6. Tunnel
7. Drill Hole
ROCK MATERIAL INFTORMATION
Compressive Method to Determine Rock
Color Grain Size
Strength Compressive Strength Type
Mpa
1. Light 1. Pinkish 1. Pink 1. Very coarse - boulders (>60 mm) S1 Very soft clay <0,025 1. Meassured Qualifying terms to describe rock:
2. Dark 2. Reddish 2. Red 2. Coarse - cobbles (20-60 mm) S2 Soft clay 0,025-0,05 2. Assesesed
3. Yellowish 3. Yellow 3. Medium - gravel (60 mikron-20 mm) S3 Firm clay 0,05-0,1
4. Brownish 4. Brown 4. Fine - sand (20-60 mikron) S4 Stiff clay 0,1-0,25
5. Olive 5. Olive 5. Very fine - silt/clay (<20 mikron) S5 Very stiff clay 0,25-0,5
6. Greenish 6. Green S6 Hard clay >0,5
7. Bluish 7. Blue R0 Extremely weak rock 0,25-1
8. Greyish 8. White R1 Very weak rock 1-5 (Moldable by fingers, but retains fabric)
9. Grey R2 Weak rock 5-25 (Hammer creaters surface, side push up)
10. Black R3 Medium strong rock 25-50 (Hammer creaters smooth dent)
R4 Strong rock 50-100 (Hammer creaters rough pil)
R5 Very strong rock 100-250 (Hammer rebounds)
R6 Extremely strong rock >250

ROCK MASS INFORMATION LINE SURVEYS TO DETERMINE DISCONTINUITY SPACING

Block (OR DRILL HOLE ORIENTATION)
Fabric State of Weathering
Size Length of line / hole No. of
Plunge of line / hole Trend of line / hole Spacing Remarks/True Spacing
1. Blocky 1. Very large (>8m3) 1. Fresh (m) Fractures
3
2. Columnar 2. Large (0,20-8m ) 2. Slight
Line 1
3. Tabular 3. Medium (0,008-0,20m3) 3. Moderete
4. Shattered 4. Small (0,0002-0,008m3) 4. High
Line 2
5. Very small (>0,0002m3) 5. Completely
6. Residual soil
Line 3

Discontinuity Spacing 1. Extremely close (<20 mm) 5. Wide (600-2000 mm)

Failure Mode e.g No. of Major 2. Very close (20-60 mm) 6. Very wide (2000-60000 mm)
Toppling, Wedges Discontinuity Sets 3. Close (60-200 mm) 7. Extremely wide (>60000 mm)
4. Moderate (200-600 mm)