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Percussion/Churn Drilling: Rotary Drilling: Diamond Core Drilling

This document discusses different types of drilling methods used for mineral exploration including percussion/churn drilling, rotary drilling, and diamond core drilling. It provides details on drilling components like drill rods, drill cores, and core handling and analysis. The document also lists various core sizes used and estimated costs for different rock types. Finally, it gives recommendations for drill spacing during exploration, definition, and development phases for mineral deposits of gold, copper, uranium, coal, tin, oil shale, and others.

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Percussion/Churn Drilling: Rotary Drilling: Diamond Core Drilling

This document discusses different types of drilling methods used for mineral exploration including percussion/churn drilling, rotary drilling, and diamond core drilling. It provides details on drilling components like drill rods, drill cores, and core handling and analysis. The document also lists various core sizes used and estimated costs for different rock types. Finally, it gives recommendations for drill spacing during exploration, definition, and development phases for mineral deposits of gold, copper, uranium, coal, tin, oil shale, and others.

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 Percussion/Churn Drilling:

 Rotary Drilling:
 Diamond Core Drilling:
Core Drilling Truck Mounted
Drill Rods
Drill Cores
Core Placing and Wrapping
(Coring)

 Core recovery
 RQD (Rock quality designation)
 Logging
– Lithology & Geologic structure
– Rock mechanic properties
– Water inflow
 Core splitting (Assay + Back up)
Core Size (Wireline core barrel)
EX 7/8 in AQ 1-1/16

AX 1-3/16 in BQ 1-7/16

BX 1-5/8 in NQ 1-7/8

NX 2-1/8 in HQ 2-1/2
PQ 3-11/32
NX
Costs Rotary Percussion Core

Sandstone 1-2 3-6 20-30

Carbonate 1-4 4-6 20-35

Igneous 6-12 15-32


Drill Pattern
Drill Spacing
 (Exploration) 800-1000 m
 (Definitive) 200-800 m
 (Development) 20-150 m
Disseminated Gold

 Exploration drill spacing = 200m


 Definitive drill spacing = 80-100m
 Development drill spacing = 40-50m
ตัวอย่าง Porphyry Copper
 Exploration drill spacing = 200m
 Definitive drill spacing = 80-100m
 Development drill spacing = 40-50m
Uranium
Rotary 4-5 in, Assay Interval 1.5m, Core NX

 Exploration drill spacing = 800-1600m


 Definitive drill spacing = 300m (vein) - 900m (Sediment)
 Development drill spacing = 15-45m
Coal
 Exploration drill spacing = 500-1000m
 Definitive drill spacing = 80-100m
 Development drill spacing = 25m
Tin (Placer deposits)
 Exploration drill spacing = 200-500m
 Definitive drill spacing = 100-150m
 Development drill spacing = 40-50m

Churn Drill
Assay Interval 0.3m
Oil Shale
 Exploration drill spacing > 2000m
 Definitive drill spacing = 1000-2000m
 Development drill spacing = 500m

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