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Conference Proceedings

Seventh International Conference & Exhibition on Mass Mining (MassMin 2016)

Conference Proceedings

Seventh International Conference & Exhibition on Mass Mining (MassMin 2016)

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Analysis of Progressive Seismicity and its Correlation with Geotechnical Variables at the El Teniente Mine

In an underground mine, different mining activities such as undercutting and cave progression generate redistribution in the present in situ stress field, and these changes are represented in the rock mass through induced seismicity.In order to study and analyse the induced seismicity generated in El Teniente, a block model was developed to account for the dissipated seismic energy through different areas of the mine from 1992 to 2015. More than 2.1 million seismic events were unified and classified in 3D in order to be used for the interpolations. The resultant model variables account for the accumulated energy releases in a monthly time resolution, and provide the ability to intersect different 3D entities with the stored information in the blocks, and estimate the energy evolution inside these entities.The generated model was used to analyse the geotechnical variables that determine the seismic response for the rock mass in the mine, such as geometry and direction of advance of the undercut fronts, lithological domains, and to study the work' the rock mass needed to go through in order to generate caving in areas with different stress settings.A specific area of the mine under high-stress conditions was analysed by studying the seismic energy associated with two subsidence caves interacting around the project, the modelled lithology. Using the same approach two adjacent projects are analysed to understand the released energy from the rock mass based on different stress and geotechnical settings for each project.CITATION:Crdova, E, Brzovic, A and Gonzlez, R, 2016. Analysis of progressive seismicity and its correlation with geotechnical variables at the El Teniente Mine, in Proceedings Seventh International Conference and Exhibition on Mass Mining (MassMin 2016), pp 835-844 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).
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