R.B. Jun's method of openwork mining utilizing pit wall consolidation

• US 6,520,591 B1
• Filed: 02/08/2001
• Issued: 02/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ruslan Borisovich Jun, Vitaly Ivanovich Borsch-Komponiets
• Original Assignee: Ruslan Borisovich Jun, Vitaly Ivanovich Borsch-Komponiets
• Inventors: Jun, Ruslan Borisovich, Borsch-Komponiets, Vitaly Ivanovich
• Primary Examiner(s): Bagnell, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): STEPHENSON, DANIEL P
• Application Number:
  US09/674,997
• Time in Patent Office: 740 Days
• Field of Search: 299/11, 299/12, 299/15, 299/18, 299/19, 172/1, 371/95, 405/259.5, 405/258.1, 405/302.4, 405/259.1
• US Class Current: 299/19
• CPC Class Codes: E21C 41/26 Methods of surface mining machines for obtaining, or the removal of, materials in open-pit mines E21C47/00; Layouts therefor

Abstract

The invention relates to the mining industry and can be used for working out mineral deposits, no matter what their thickness and dip angle are, and allows to reduce the volumes of overburden operations. The invention provides the working out the main reserves by openworks, with forming safety benches (22) on steps of an open cut. From the top view, reserves of each level (1) are being worked out by blasting descending holes in direction to working flank of an open cut with forming safety prisms near a designed contour thereof. The breaking out of safety prisms (5) is being carried out at the final stage of works on the level (1) with forming a vertical or close to vertical, slope within the level. Rocks of near-contour mass (6) in a zone of probable displacement of rocks being reinforced by injecting and/or installing prestressed anchors (8).

Claims

1. A method of openwork mining of deposits providing the breaking-out of the main reserves by blasting descending holes from the surface of steps and transporting the rock mass to the surface, wherein the working out of reserves of levels being carried out with forming a vertical or close to vertical, slope of one from flanks of an open cut within said level, for that, a safety prism being formed near a contour thereof, breaking out said prism being carried out at the final stage of works on the level, and rocks beyond the open cut'"'"'s contour located within a probable displacement zone of the open cut'"'"'s flank are being reinforced by injecting binding grouts through holes.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein main reserves of said level are being worked out with self-propelled machinery being involved, using remote control equipment for working out safety prisms, and resources thereof are extracted by selective methods.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein rocks beyond the open cut'"'"'s contour located within a zone of probable displacement of the open cut'"'"'s flank are being reinforced by separate portions located discretely.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein a zone of reinforced rocks beyond the open cut'"'"'s contour is being formed by a continuity on the entire surface of possible displacement of the open cut'"'"'s flank.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein a near-contour mass of a slope of a vertical flank is being additionally reinforced by the way of preliminary injecting binding grout.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the near-contour mass is additionally reinforced by installing anchors.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the near-contour mass is additionally reinforced by the preliminary injecting said binding grout and by installing anchors.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein slopes of a steep flank are being formed as vertical or close to vertical.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein injecting into rock is being carried out by forcing grouts through holes drilled through the body of safety prisms.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein ends of steel ropes are being additionally monolithed at various depths in rock beyond the open cut'"'"'s contour, said ropes being located on the earth surface and being anchored beyond a displacement zone.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein drilling out safety prisms is being carried out via horizontal or ascending holes.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein mine workings are being run in the body of prisms on the levels, drilling out of said prisms is being carried out from said workings, as well as carrying out works for reinforcing rocks of a zone of probable displacement of the open cut'"'"'s flank.

13. The method according to claim 1, wherein reinforcing rocks of a zone of probable displacement of the open cut'"'"'s flank is being carried out by injecting binding grouts through vertical or curve holes drilled from the surface.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein a safety bench of an operational flank is being formed for several levels.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein said rocks are reinforced by installing prestressed anchors.

16. The method according to claim 1, wherein said rocks are reinforced by injecting said binding grouts through holes and by installing prestressed anchors.