PROBLEM

Waste rock piles are a common earth structure resulting from extensive mining operations. Such structures can often lead to acid rock drainage (ARD) if the flows into waste rock are not minimized. There are also potential slope stability issues.

SOLUTION

SVFLUX and SVSLOPE can be used in order to model the flow through a waste rock pile or the stability. Complex geo-strata can be modeled with either package. This complex strata is often necessary due to the coarse-fine layering of rock material. The influences of any particular long-term cover design can be evaluated with SVFLUX.

Please note that most of these models can be downloaded through our SVOffice product suite.

This model illustrates the use of SVFlux to model flow through a waste rock pile. The software built the model based on intersecting topology maps. Saturation levels and flow levels through the model can be calculated.

This particular example is designed to give the user an idea of potential flow through a waste rock pile when the rock is stacked in mounts.The purpose of this model is to determine the general flow regimen and how water might be delivered deeper into the waste rock.

Model filename: WasteRock > WRP2.svm