Drill-hole design for dilational ore shoot targets in fault-fill veins

Economic Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1079-1085

  Nelson, Eric P ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCK DRILLING; STRESSES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DILATIONAL ORE SHOOT TARGETS; DRILL-HOLE DESIGN; FAULT KINEMATICS; FAULT-FILL VEINS; ORE SHOOTS;

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

DESIGN; DILATION; FAULT; FILL; ORE DEPOSIT; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

EID: 33847277415     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.101.5.1079     Document Type: Article

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