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   

车田湾地热田地质地球物理特征及开发前景   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

姜胜华  宋先旺 《矿产与地质》1997,11(4):283-286

车田湾地热田属低温地热资源。热泉分布受ＳＮ向压扭性深大断裂（Ｆ２）与近ＥＷ向张性断裂的复合控制，其断层破碎带为硅化脉充填，表现为高阻地电特征。应用电测深法可以确定其断层破碎带产出位置和延伸方向。用钾镁地热温标计算热田地表温度，用钾钠地热温标计算热田深部温度。根据温度随深度而递增的规律，应用温度－深度曲线方法推算地下某深度的水温，从而可合理开发利用地热资源。  相似文献   

南海北部大陆架西段地热条件与油气资源前景          下载免费PDF全文

汪缉安  李雨梁 《地质科学》1996,31(4):416-428

北部湾盆地下第三系由于油源母质特性原因和适于生油的空间相对局限,总体上看,天然气的潜力大于石油。生油岩与地温条件在空间上的配置适当决定了珠三盆地油气资源的良好前景。较高的地温与古地温环境是莺琼盆地成为南海北部大陆架天然气富集区的重要条件,较高的地温不仅使盆地中西部上第三系烃源岩能够广泛生气,也是本区有巨大远景的深成高压气(盆地中、西部)与浅成生化成因气的形成与富集的重要条件。  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   

云南岩石圈热结构   总被引：11，自引：0，他引：11  

周真恒  邓万明 《中国地震》1997,13(3):213-222

本文探讨了云南深部热流及岩石圈地温分布的横向变化特征，并将岩石圈热结构概括为３种类型；典型现代构造活动区热结构，中间过渡型地质区热结构和稳定地质区热结构。最后，简单讨论了地热与地震活动的关系。  相似文献   

夹皮沟金矿区控矿因素及找矿方向     

孟继伟  齐丽娟  陈涛  宋诗信 《吉林地质》2004,23(3):47-52

夹皮沟金矿区各矿山资源已近枯竭，而各种预测结果都显示夹皮沟矿区潜在资源可观。本文描述了该区金矿成矿地质背景、矿床特征，分析了矿区的地球物理、地球化学特征、控矿因素和各种找矿标志，指出了今后的找矿方向。  相似文献