Coal mining along the Warfield Fault, Mingo County, West Virginia: a tale of ups and downs     

J. Marc Coolen   《International Journal of Coal Geology》2003,54(3-4):193

Mine development along a 15-mile (24 km) section of the Warfield Fault in Mingo County, West Virginia has broadened the geological understanding of the fault and its related structures. The fault has been exposed in two new road cuts, one in the northeast-trending segment at Neely Branch and one in the eastern east-trending segment at the head of Marrowbone Creek. Both exposures show a well-defined normal fault with a 45° to 55° N dip, juxtaposing sandstone/shale packages from the roof and the floor of the Coalburg seam. The fault is associated with a thin gouge zone, some drag folding, and parallel jointing. Its trace tends to run parallel to the crest of the adjacent Warfield Anticline. Based on underground mine development and detailed core drilling, the vertical offset along the fault plane ranges from a maximum of 240 ft (73 m) in the central part of the area near the structural bend to less than 100 ft (30 m) in western and eastern directions. The fault is located along the relatively steeply dipping (locally in excess of 25%) southern limb of the Warfield Anticline, and appears related to a late phase of extension involving folded Pennsylvanian strata. On a regional scale, the lithological variations across the fault do not suggest any appreciable strike-slip component.Underground room and pillar mines in the Coalburg seam north and south of the fault have been greatly impacted by the Warfield structures. Due to the combined (and opposite) effects of the folding and faulting, the northern mines are located up to 400 ft (125 m) higher in elevation than the southern ones. Overland conveyor belts connect mining blocks separated by the fault. The practical mining limit along the steep slopes toward the fault is around 15%. Subsidiary normal faults with offsets in the 5- to 15-ft (1.5–4.5 m) range are fairly common and form major roof control and production hurdles. Overall, the Warfield structures pose an extra challenge to mine development in this part of the Appalachian Coalfields.  相似文献   

Mercury mobility at the Carson River Superfund Site, west-central Nevada, USA: Interpretation of mercury speciation data in mill tailings, soils, and sediments     

Paul J. Lechler  Jerry R. Miller  Liang-Chi Hsu  Mario O. Desilets 《Journal of Geochemical Exploration》1997,58(2-3)

The Carson River Superfund Site in west-central Nevada is an area of Hg-contaminated soil, sediment, water, air, and biola resulting from the amalgamation milling of Ag-Au ores of the Comstock lode worked approximately a century ago. In order to develop an understanding of the behavior, transport, and fate of Hg at this site, a technique was developed to estimate the proportions of total, elemental, exchangeable, organic, and sulfide Hg in soils, sediments, and tailings.Results of this analysis performed on active Carson River sediments indicate that Hg is selectively dissolved out of Hg-Au amalgam particles and subsequently adsorbed to fine-grained sediments which are then deposited in downstream, low-energy reaches of the Carson River and Labontan Reservoir. In the relatively more-reducing environment of the reservoir Hg appears to be converted, in large part, to relatively-insoluble HgS.The original elemental form of Hg released to the environment is the chemical form which is still dominant in most highly-contaminated soils, sediments, and tailings. Deeper, more-reducing soil horizons, however, appear to fix a significant portion of the Hg as HgS, analogous to the Lahontan Reservoir example described above. This fixation as HgS is documented to be largely limited to higher-sulfur areas where sulfide minerals from the Comstock ores increase the total sulfur concentrations of contaminated soils, sediments, and tailings.  相似文献   

边坡及其它类工程地质问题研究   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

徐嘉谟 《水文地质工程地质》1997,24(2):35-38

本文提出有关边坡工程地质研究方面的一些新概念，看法和问题，并概述了属地这一专题的边坡及其它各类工程地质问题的研究成果。  相似文献   

山西离柳矿区奥陶系灰岩水环境质量分区及成因研究     

张玉良 《华北地质矿产杂志》1996,11(2):237-244

本文对离柳矿区奥陶系灰岩岩溶地下水的环境质量进行了评价和分区，结合地质条件简述了各区的特点；还用地质－水文地质学相结合的理论，对各环境质量区形成的原因，进行了分析和研究，进而从理论上证明环境质量分区和选用标准的合理性。  相似文献   

井筒及围岩应力,应变观测方法研究     

苏仲杰  隋惠全 《岩土力学》1997,18(3):82-87

采用最新研制的岩体应力、应变匹配传感器对西安立井煤柱开采引起的井筒附加应力特别是对井筒穿过断层附近产生的附加应力进行了较系统的观测，并对观测结果进行了分析和总结。  相似文献   

露天矿边坡的位移监测与滑坡预报   总被引：11，自引：0，他引：11  

李炼  陈从新 《岩土力学》1997,18(4):69-74

对湖北大冶铁矿滑坡区域的长期监测资料进行分析和总结，提出依据位移-时间曲线预报滑坡的方法。  相似文献   

Geotechnical Hazards Associated with Desert Environment     

Shehata  W.M.  Amin  A.A. 《Natural Hazards》1997,16(1):81-95

The aridity of the Arabian Peninsula's deserts ranges between arid to hyperarid with hot dry climate, scarce precipitation and sparse vegetation. These harsh environmental conditions enhance some geomorphologic processes more than others, cause specific geotechnical problems, and increase desertification.From west to east, the general physiography of Saudi Arabia shows the Red Sea coastal plains and the escarpment foothills called Tihama followed by the Arabian Shield mountains, the Arabian Shelf plateau and finally the Arabian Gulf coastal plains. Sand moves by wind either as drifting sand or migrating dunes in four major sand seas, over the Arabian Shelf, and in the inter-mountain valleys, in the Arabian Shield causing problems of erosion and deposition. Human activities in the deserts may cause more instability to the sand bodies, enlarging the magnitude of the problem. Fine silty soil particles also move by wind, depositing loess mainly in selected areas downwind in the Tihama. These loess deposits subside and may form earth fissures by the process of hydrocompaction upon wetting. The addition of water can be either natural through storms or man-made through human agricultural or civil activities. Extensive sabkhas exist along the coastal plains of both the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf. The sabkha soil may also heave by salt re-crystallization or collapse by wetting. The shallow groundwater brines present in sabkhas also attack and corrode civil structures. Urbanization and excessive groundwater pumping may also deplete the fresh groundwater resources and may cause subsidence, ground fissuring and surface faulting as observed in some locations in the Arabian Shield. Although the average annual precipitation is very low, rain usually falls in the form of torrential storms, collected by dry valley basins and causing floods to unprotected downstream areas on the coastal plains of the Red Sea.The desert environment, being a fragile echo system, needs to be treated with care. Intercommunications between different national and international agencies and education of the layman should help to keep the system balanced and reduce the resulting environmental hazards. In addition, any suggested remedial measures should be planned with nature and engineered with natural materials.  相似文献   

古交矿区8号煤的实验室热解脱硫     

王红冬 《中国煤田地质》2004,16(4):34-36

介绍了古交矿区8号煤在不加催化剂和加催化剂两种条件下的实验室热解脱硫试验情况．结果表明，在不加催化剂时，升温速度为5～10℃／min脱硫效果最好，脱硫率大于40％；当在原煤中添加催化剂AlCl3和NH4Cl时，有较好的脱硫作用，焦炭中灰分也没有明显提高，而当添加催化剂CuCl2和CaO时，不能脱除煤中硫。并据此提出了建议脱硫方案。  相似文献   

冲积层防水煤柱上提工作面的防治水对策     

刘伯 《中国煤田地质》2004,16(6):36-37,60

开滦矿区煤系地层上覆由于防水煤柱留设过大，造成了大量的煤炭储量呆滞。为了提高煤炭资源回收率，确保安全生产，开滦林南仓矿在西二采区进行了工作面采后的导高观测试验研究，测量导水裂隙带岩层的漏失情况，为提高开采上限提供了地质依据，防水煤柱由原来的65m缩小到53m，成功地在1221上工作面进行了试验开采。  相似文献   

由分段供水向全天候供水的可行性研究 --以赵各庄矿为例     

曹永祥  戚春前 《中国煤田地质》2004,16(Z1):40-42

根 据 开 滦 集 团 赵 各 庄 矿 业 公 司 水 文 地 质 情 况 和 居 民 用 水 的 现 状 ,提 出 全 天 供 水 的 新 观 念 ,即 将 全 年 需 集 中强 排 的 水量 变 为 人 们日 常 生 活 的用 水 量 ,既 解 决 了 分 时 间 段 供 水 给 职 工 生 活 造 成 的 不 便 ,提 高 了 人 们 的 生 活 质 量 ,又 合理 的 利用 了水 资 源,而且 还可 以 降低 奥灰 水 对安 全生 产 的威 胁。  相似文献