| Description |
1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Bit of History -- Introduction -- 1 Geometry and Geology -- 1.1 The 'Braden Pipe' of El Teniente -- 1.1.1 Discussion and Perspectives -- 1.2 Porphyry Copper Deposit Ministro Hales -- 1.2.1 Discussion -- 1.2.2 Perspectives -- 1.3 Río Blanco-Los Bronces Porphyry Copper Deposit -- 1.3.1 Discussion -- 2 Geology and Grades -- 2.1 Edge Effects and Partial Grades -- 2.1.1 Usual Practice -- 2.1.2 Critical Analysis -- 2.1.3 Reformulation -- 2.1.4 Application: Radomiro Tomic |
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2.1.5 Discussion and Perspectives -- 2.2 Simulation of Facies and Grades -- 2.2.1 Data and Sector Under Study -- 2.2.2 Facies Modeling -- 2.2.3 Study of Edge Effects in the Copper Grades -- 2.2.4 Grade Modeling -- 2.2.4.1 First Stage: Modeling the Grade in the Porphyry -- 2.2.4.2 Second Stage: Modeling the Grades in Granitoids and Tourmaline Breccia -- 2.2.5 Joint Simulation of Facies and Grades -- 2.2.6 Simulation Validation -- 2.2.6.1 First Test -- 2.2.6.2 Second Test -- 3 Grades and Recoverable Resources -- 3.1 Global Recoverable Resources -- 3.1.1 Data and Problem Setting |
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3.1.2 First Problem: Inferring the Distribution of the Measured Grades -- 3.1.3 Recovery Functions -- 3.1.4 Second Problem: Change of Support -- 3.1.5 Looking for a Change-Of-Support Model -- 3.1.6 Application to the Codelco-Andina Data -- 3.2 Local Recoverable Resources -- 3.2.1 One Easy Solution: Multi-Gaussian Kriging -- 3.2.2 Weakening the Stationarity Assumption -- 3.2.3 Discussion: Prediction and Quantification of Uncertainty -- 3.3 Synthesis -- 4 Long-Term Planning and Reserves -- 4.1 Modeling Geological Uncertainty in MMH -- 4.2 Definition of a Long-Term Plan |
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4.2.1 Technical Parameterization of Reserves and Optimal Contours -- 4.2.2 Application to MMH: Final Pit and Production Schedule -- 4.3 Sensitivity of the Plan to Geological Uncertainty -- 4.3.1 Uncertainty in the Grades of the Production Schedule -- 4.3.2 Uncertainty in the Net Present Value of the Mining Plan -- 4.3.3 Discussion -- 4.4 Looking for the Optimal Final Contour -- 4.5 Classification of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves -- 5 Short-Term Mine Planning -- 5.1 Updating the Block Model for Production -- 5.1.1 Data, Method -- 5.1.2 Comparison -- 5.1.3 Predictions |
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5.1.4 Discussion and Perspective -- 5.2 Mineralogy and Short-Term Planning -- 6 Geotechnics -- 6.1 Discontinuity Intensity -- 6.1.1 Definition of the Discontinuity Intensity -- 6.1.2 Problem and Data -- 6.1.3 Methodology -- 6.1.4 Results -- 6.1.5 Discussion -- 6.2 Fracture Frequency -- 6.2.1 About the Nonadditivity of Fracture Frequency -- 6.2.2 The User's Formula -- 6.2.3 Searching for the Hidden Variable -- 6.2.4 Regional Linear Correlation Model -- 6.3 Rock Quality Designation and Directionality -- 6.4 Rock Quality Designation and Fracture Frequency -- 6.5 Developments About Directionality |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Séguret, Serge Antoine
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| ISBN |
9781000282757 |
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1000282759 |
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