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Spring 2021
Mineral exploration and mining are capital intensive and carry significant environmental and societal considerations. The feasibility of prospective mining operations hinges on a series of engineering decisions. The mineral resource estimation of the quality and quantity of resources greatly...
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Fall 2023
Final estimates at the grade-control (GC) stage of mining are built to maximize the correct classificationof mineable blocks. The costs include drilling, mining, and processing. When consideringdedicated GC drilling, Drill-hole spacing (DHS) optimization for profit balances the cost of...
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Fall 2018
Widely spaced data sets from drilling are used in the mining and petroleum industries to model subsurface resources. These data sets have high associated economic and environmental costs. Maximizing the use of information contained in data while minimizing the amount of data required to achieve...
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Fall 2018
Tabular vein deposits represent important projects and mining operations worldwide. Mining cost are high and are impacted by uncertainty in the geometry of the vein. Uncertainty can influence mine planning and operation. For this thesis, simple tabular vein structures with single or multiple...