Near surface geophysics for the structural analysis of a mine rock pile, northern New Mexico

22nd American Society of Mining and Reclamation Annual National Conference 2005

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1178-1201

  Van Dam, Remke L ^a   Gutierrez, Luiza A ^a   McLemore, Virginia T ^b   Wilson, G Ward ^c   Hendrickx, Jan M H ^a   Walker, Bruce M ^d  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Molycorp Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic induction; Geophysics; Ground penetrating radar; Questa molybdenum mine; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GEOPHYSICS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; MINERALS; MOLYBDENUM MINES; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TEXTURES;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; NEAR-SURFACE GEOPHYSICS; REFLECTION CONFIGURATION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

PILES;

EID: 80655138804     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.21000/jasmr05011178     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (14)

1. Bogoslovsky, V.A. and Ogilvy, A.A. 1977. Application of geophysical methods for the investigation of landslides. Geophysics 42, 562-571.
2. Borchers, B., Uram, T., and Hendrickx, J.M.H. 1997. Tikhonov regularization for determination of depth profiles of electrical conductivity using non-invasive electromagnetic induction measurements. Soil Science Society of America Journal 61, 1004-1009.
3. Branson, J.L., Ammons, J.T., Freeland, R.S., Leonard, L.L., Stevens, V.C., Walker, D.S., and Yoder, R.E. 2000. Application of non-intrusive imaging in mapping perched water on reclaimed lands. Tennessee ASAE State Section Meeting, Martin, Tennessee, May 23, 2000.
4. Bruno, F., Levato, L. and Marillier, F. 1998. High-resolution seismic reflection, EM and electrokinetic SP applied to landslide studies: "Le Boup" landslide (western Swiss Alps)', Proceedings of the IV Meeting of the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (European Section), Barcelona, pp. 571-574.
5. Davis, J.L. and Annan, A.P. 1989. Ground-penetrating radar for high resolution mapping of soil and rock stratigraphy. Geophysical Prospecting, 37, 531-551.
6. Hack, R. 2000. Geophysics for slope stability. Surveys in Geophysics 21, 423-448.
7. Lehmann, F. and Green A.G. 1999. Semiautomated georadar data acquisition in three dimensions. Geophysics. 64, 719-731.
8. McLemore, V.T. Walsh, P., Donahue, K., Gutierrez, L.A., Tachie-Menson, S., Shannon, H.R., and Wilson, G.W. 2005. Preliminary status report on Molycorp Goathill North trenches, Questa, New Mexico. 2005 National Meeting of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation, Breckenridge, Colorado, June, this CD-ROM.
9. Nichols, R.S. 1987. Rock segregation in waste dumps. In: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Flow-Through Rock Drains, Cranbrook, British Columbia, September 8-11, 1986.
10. URS Corporation, 2000, Interim mine rock pile erosion and stability evaluations, Questa Mine, unpublished report to Molycorp, Inc., 6800044388.00, December 1, at www.molycorp.com.
11. Van Dam, R.L. and Schlager, W. 2000. Identifying causes of ground-penetrating radar reflections using time-domain reflectometry and sedimentological analyses. Sedimentology. 47, 435-450.
12. Van Dam, R.L., Van Den Berg, E.H., Schaap, M.G., Broekema, L.H. and Schlager, W. 2003. Radar reflections from sedimentary structures in the vadose zone. Geological Society of London, Special Publications 211, 257-273.
13. Van Overmeeren, R.A. 1994. Georadar for hydrogeology. First Break 12, 401-408.
14. Williams, R.A. and Pratt, T.L. 1996. Detection of the base of Slumgullion landslide, Colorado, by seismic reflection and refraction methods, in D.J. Varnes and W.Z. Savage (eds), The Slumgullion Earth Flow: A Large-Scale Natural Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2130, United States Government Printing Office, Washington.