Electrical Imaging of Mine Voids: Lessons Learned · The Hutchinson Group, Ltd., USA. CONTINUOUS...
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Electrical Imaging of Mine Electrical Imaging of Mine Voids: Voids:
Lessons LearnedLessons Learned
Peter J. Hutchinson, PhD, PGThe Hutchinson Group, Ltd., USA
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CONTINUOUS VERTICAL ELECTRICAL SOUNDING
• VES profiles using multicore cable and switching box
• Microprocessor produces geo-electric model• Rapid and inexpensive• Image depth of 40 m• Function:
– Lithology– Porosity– Permeability– Fluids
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“NON-UNIQUENESS”
• Term that plagues the application geophysicist
• Lack of recognition not knowledge• Interpretation
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COMMON ARRAYSCOMMON ARRAYS• Wenner – shallow, coarse data
5ba ]R;a4
b-1[ba =
2
22
a ≥πρ 5ba ]R;
a4b-1[
ba =
2
22
a ≥πρ 5ba ]R;
a4b-1[
ba =
2
22
a ≥πρ
aRnnna )2)(1( ++= πρ aRnnna )2)(1( ++= πρ aRnnna )2)(1( ++= πρ•Dipole-dipole – deepest, densest data
•Schlumberger – deeper, denser data
aRa πρ 2= aRa πρ 2= aRa πρ 2=
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WENNER ARRAY
0 30015010050 200 250
Depth(meters)
15
0
7.5
11.5
3.5
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SCHLUMBERGER ARRAY
Depth(meters)
18
0
9
4.5
13.5
0 30050 100 150 200 250
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DIPOLE-DIPOLE ARRAY
Depth(meters)
18.5
0
9.25
4.5
13.5
0 30050 100 150 200 250
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GEOLOGIC MATERIALGEOLOGIC MATERIALAPPARENT RESISTIVITIESAPPARENT RESISTIVITIES• Clay = 1 Wm• Soil = 10 Wm• Coal/Lignite = 50 Wm• Sand (wet) = 100 Wm• Conglomerate = 20,000 Wm• Sandstone = 100,000 Wm• Quartz = 1,000,000 Wm• Granite = 3,000,000 Wm• Basalt = 13,000,000 Wm• Limestone = 50,000,000 Wm
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SITE LOCATION MAP
SITE 2
SITE 1
SITE 4
SITE 5
SITE 3
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SITE 1 SITE 1 -- OHIOOHIO
•• 100100--Home subdivisionHome subdivision•• 77--m thick Massillon Sandstone m thick Massillon Sandstone •• 22--m thick Pennsylvanian coalm thick Pennsylvanian coal•• Shallow late 1800s coal mineShallow late 1800s coal mine•• Recent subsidenceRecent subsidence
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SITE 1 SITE 1 -- OHIOOHIO
~100 Homes overlie mine~100 Homes overlie mine•• 47 Borings47 Borings
•• 25 Voids25 Voids•• 12 coal12 coal•• 10 non10 non--coalcoal
•• ~56 Homes impacted~56 Homes impacted
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RESISTIVITY SURVEY LINESRESISTIVITY SURVEY LINES
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SURVEY LINESSURVEY LINES
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BORINGBORING LOCATIONSLOCATIONS
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BARBERTON COAL MINE BARBERTON COAL MINE CONCLUSIONSCONCLUSIONS
•• 69 homes within footprint69 homes within footprint•• 46 homes appear safe46 homes appear safe•• 25 homes at risk25 homes at risk
•• 9 low risk9 low risk•• 10 medium risk10 medium risk•• 6 high risk6 high risk
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HOUSES NEAR ANOMALIES
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BARTGES MINEOUT OVERLAYBARTGES MINEOUT OVERLAY
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SITE 2 - PENNSYLVANIA
• Recent road cut• Pennsylvania Warrior Fm• Steeply dipping• Clay-filled void in limestone• 100-meter dipole-dipole array
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SITE 2 - PENNSYLVANIA
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SITE 3 - INDIANA
• Pennsylvanian-aged 1.2-m coal seam• Coal at 15 – 20 m below grade• Horizontal bedding• Room-and-pillar and retreat mining• 1,500-m Schlumberger array
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ROOM-AND-PILLAR MINING
SITE 3 - INDIANA
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DEEP COAL MINE
SITE 3 - INDIANA
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SITE 3 SITE 3 -- PENNSYLVANIA•• PennsylvanianPennsylvanian--aged coalaged coal•• 22--m thick coal/clay unitm thick coal/clay unit•• Split seam (0.4 meters each)Split seam (0.4 meters each)•• 1.21.2--m thick Mercer Coal underclaym thick Mercer Coal underclay•• 2525--m of shale/m of shale/ssss overburden overburden •• Shallow 1870Shallow 1870--1920 clay mine1920 clay mine•• 100m Schlumberger array100m Schlumberger array
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SITE MAP
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CROSS SECTION
POTTSVILLEGROUP
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SITE 4 - PENNSYLVANIA
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CLAY MINE OVERLAY
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SITE 5 - PENNSYLVANIA
• 2.5-m thick Pennsylvanian-aged coal• Surface-mined• Deep-mine• Abandoned highwall• Hill-topping and cut burial• 150-m Schlumberger array
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SITE 5 - PENNSYLVANIA
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CONCLUSIONSCONCLUSIONS
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•• Subsurface voids can be resolved Subsurface voids can be resolved through CVES (>40 m depth) through CVES (>40 m depth)
•• AirAir-- and clayand clay--filled voids w/ contrastfilled voids w/ contrast•• NonNon--uniqueness uniqueness –– resolved throughresolved through
•• Site knowledgeSite knowledge•• Experience and trainingExperience and training•• Deductive and inductive reasoningDeductive and inductive reasoning•• InterpretationInterpretation
•• CVES is effective screening toolCVES is effective screening tool