Abstract
This paper examines how a mine engineer can design a blast hole pattern when data collection is more important than fragmentation The problem formulation is based upon a simple physical model incorporating generally available economic data, and the solution relies heavily upon the tools and concepts of geostatistics. In particular, the relationship between the blast hole assays and the selective mining units is described using a variogram and a bivariate lognormal distribution.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 262-274 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| State | Published - Dec 1 1989 |
| Event | 21st International Symposium - Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industry - Littleton, CO, USA Duration: Feb 27 1989 → Mar 2 1989 |
Other
| Other | 21st International Symposium - Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industry |
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| City | Littleton, CO, USA |
| Period | 2/27/89 → 3/2/89 |