Patent Document ID: 20120297928
Application ID: 13513551
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of heap leaching comprising: forming a heap lift comprising a first heap layer placed underneath a second heap layer by placing ore extracted from a mine onto a leach pad, the heap lift being irrigated using a solvent formulated to leach a first chemical element of economic interest from the ore into a solution comprising the solvent and the first chemical element; installing a horizontal solution collection system between the first heap layer and the second heap layer, the horizontal solution collection system comprising a horizontal tubing with a first wireline data collection tool disposed therein; providing a heap leach model for modeling the heap leach operation, the heap leach operation comprising a solvent formulation and a irrigation setting; obtaining collected data from the first wireline data collection tool while irrigating the heap lift, the collected data comprising in-situ material parameters of the first heap layer and the second heap layer and in-situ solution parameters of the solution flowing in the first heap layer and the second heap layer; modeling the heap leach operation using the collected data based on the heap leach model to generate a result; and adjusting the heap leach operation based on the result.