GeoVista Borehole Equipment for Mining
Exploration
Production
Investigation
Characterization
Field Proven & Reliable
Real Time Data
Ore body Identification
Mineral Exploration
Mineral Quantification
Mine Planning
Mine Development
Mine De-watering
Mine Production
Mine Safety
Mine Economics
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Mineral mining worldwide relies on the use of geophysical logging equipment to provide vital data. This important data is used to explore, quantify, correlate and identify the quality of the mineral and its economic viability. Mining engineers, geophysicists and geologists use this information to plan mining programs, mine expansion, mine dewatering, mineral analysis and ore accessibility and help ensure safe, economic and well planned mining activities that maximize the efficiency and viability of a mining operation.
Common tools for Mining
Gamma and Spectral Gamma Probes
- A range of different Gamma probes including: Natural, Spectral, Filtered & GM probes for different ore objectives.
- Lithology & Bed Boundaries
- Uranium & Coal exploration
- KUT analysis and ore body identification
- Geological correlation & fault determination
Formation Side Wall Density with Caliper
- Lithology and ore-body identification
- Quantitative Density
- Bed Boundaries
- Calculated Density Porosity
- Borehole Diameter
Trisonde – 2pi Gamma-Gamma Probe
- Lithology and ore-body identification
- Coal mining
- Qualitative Density
- Bed Boundaries
- Quantitative Porosity
- Lithology Identification & Shale Content
- Aquifer location & Engineering
- Coal fracture analysis
- Qualitative Porosity
- Lithology Identification
- Aquifer Quality and Gas zone identification
Resistivity Probe (DLL3 Focused Short, Long and SP)
- Lithology, Ore body thickness, and source rock identification
- Bed Boundary and Facies changes
- Ore Body Identification
- Hydrocarbon indication and formation water salinity
- Ore Body Identification
- Mineral Identification
- Detects apparent formation chargeability
- Disseminated ore body identification
Caliper Probes (2, 3-arm and 4-arm versions)
- Structural borehole measurement & Borehole Volume
- Engineering work and casing evaluation
- Physical location of washouts, cavings, faults, fractures and changes in borehole dimensions
- Explains/confirms changes in geophysical logs
Borehole Inclinometer Probe or Verticality Probe
- Borehole deviation
- Drift and TVD
- Azimuth (with Verticality probe)
- Confirmation of drilling work through surveying
North Seeking Fibre Optic Gyro
- Borehole deviation
- Drift and TVD
- Azimuth
- Confirmation of drilling work through surveying
- Staying on target while drilling
- Cement Bond Log
- Formation velocity
- Characterization and Rock Strength
- Surface seismic correlation
- Rock strength, elasticity, porosity
Optical and Acoustic Televiewers
- Deviation
- Fracture Identification, orientation & structural information
- Breakout analysis and thin bed detection
- Bedding dips and lithology analysis
Fluid Temperature & Conductivity Probe
- Can detect changes in zones with depth
