Pit slope manual, chapter 5
Subtitle: design
By: D. F. Coates, editor
Contributors: Coates, D.F. 1923-1980.
Series: CANMET report -- 77-5
Publisher: Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology = Centre canadien de la technologie des minéraux et de l'énergie
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Ottawa, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
Subjects: Rock mechanics.; Groundwater flow.; Pit slopes -- Design.
Description: ABSTRACT: The paper describes procedures used to design pit walls.  Structural, groundwater and mechanical properties are analyzed. Mine planning, design stages, stability and financial analyses, operating stages and associated designs are also examined.
Notes: "Prepared as part of the Pit Slope Project of the Mining Research Laboratories, Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada."

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