METHOD FOR COMPLETION OF OPEN PIT WITH TWO CLOSELY LOCATED ORE BODIES Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC E21C41/26 

FIELD: mining.

SUBSTANCE: method involves construction of annular transport ramps of opposite direction with single-lane traffic of dump trucks docking in turning platforms, reloading points, construction of open pit sides with triple projections at an inclination angle of 60÷75°, which are separated with safety berms of required width, formation in some part of the open pit field of one of ore bodies of transport ramp (TR) with width providing for two-lane traffic of dump trucks and adjacent to turning platforms, production of ore for both ore bodies by means of a drill-and-fire method so that pillars are left in the open pit sides; delivery of ore to a factory; stripping - to external dumps, construction of underground mine workings and a water drain system; the modification stage involves reconstruction of the eastern side of the open pit (VRT) with partial processing of its pillars and transshipment of dead rocks into an internal dump, change of some part of single-lane transport ramp along the eastern side for a steeply inclined one, transportation of ore from lower horizons of the open pit with articulated dump trucks (ADT) to the transhipment area, transhipment into large dump trucks for delivery to the factory, and creation of a rock cushion at the open pit bottom. Besides, first, from the lower turning platform in the worked-out area of the western side of the open pit (ZRT) there dumped is the main ramp, thus providing transport communication throughout the depth of the open pit; at the open pit side reconstruction stage, a two-lane ramp is in-series formed with projections with a vertical slope and berms of minimum width and rebuilt into a ramp with an increased inclination in opposite direction; a new dump ramp is formed from the turning platform in the south-western part of the open pit; water drainage is relocated to an inter-pipe zone; TR of opposite direction with single-lane traffic along the western side is put out; TR with an increased slope is constructed from the upper turning platform in the north-western part of the open pit; ZRT pillars are mined out; the new dump ramp is enlarged, and loading and transportation of some part of ore is performed from it at mining-out of ZRT pillars by equipment with remote control (RC) to a transhipment point; another part of the ore is transported to VRT bottom, thus creating an ore cushion, and after ZRT pillars are additionally mined out to technologically practical depth, VRT pillars are broken out onto the ore cushion, thus putting out the transport ramp.

EFFECT: improving efficiency and completeness of development of a mineral deposit by an open-pit mining method.

9 cl, 4 dwg