DEPARTMENT OF MINING ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, LAHORE

MINE 415 Strata Control

7th Semester Mining Engineering

Lab Work 2
(Due November 4th 2016 before 10 am)

Determine the location of a mine shaft for the Copper ore body (Shown in Figure 1). The geomechanical
properties are shown in Table 1. The horizontal to vertical stress ratio is 1.2 along strike and it is 0.8 along
dip direction. Use Kisch equations and numerical modelling to compare different options.

Table 1: Rock mass properties

Material Specific Rock mass Poisson’s Cohesion Tensile Angle of Dilation

gravity modulus ratio (MPa) Strength internal angle (o)
(GPa) (MPa) friction (o)
Footwall 2.3 1.4 0.18 1.17 0.02 21 5.25
Ore 2.6 7.3 0.18 2.3 0.09 33.6 8.6
Hanging 2.7 14.7 0.16 3.21 0.17 42 10.5
wall

Figure 1: Ore body

Note: The acceleration due to gravity for this assignment is 9.4 m/s 2. Assume any data with valid
justification.