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Mining Publication: Numerical Modeling of Paste Sills in Underhand Cut & Fill Stopes

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Original creation date: October 2006

Image of publication Numerical Modeling of Paste Sills in Underhand Cut & Fill Stopes

This paper describes a focus of work presently being conducted at the Rock Mechanics Research Group at the University of British Columbia. The underhand method under consolidated fill ensures a high recovery under an engineered back that is comprised of cemented rock fill and/or cemented paste fill. This method of mining has been employed successfully in mines throughout North America as a method of mitigating exposure to the operator having to work under a seismically active "back". This paper reviews design methodology in the placement and analysis of sill mats with reference to site observation coupled with on going numerical and analytically derived solutions.

Authors: P Hughes, RT Pakalnis, C Caceres, W Blake, TM Brady

Conference Paper - October 2006

NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20031765

Third International Seminar on Deep and High Stress Mining, Quebec City, October 2-4, 2006. Quebec City, Quebec, Canada: Universite Laval, 2006; :1-10


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