ASSESSING AND MONITORING OPEN PIT MINE

TABLE OF CONTENT

TITLE PAGEi

DEDICATIONii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTiii

TABLE OF CONTENTiv

                    CHAPTER    ONE

1.1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION1

1.2 CONSEQUENCES OF SLOPE FAILURES1

                     CHAPTER   TWO

2. 0 DETERMINATION OF POTENTIAL FAILURE GEOMETRY4

2.1.1 Plane Failure4

2.1.2 Wedge failure4

2.1.3 Step path failure4

2.1.4. Raveling failure5

2.1.5 Toppling failure5

2.2 RECOGNIZING HAZARDS6

2.2.1 Tension crack6

2.2.2 Scarps7

2.2.3 Abnormal water flow7

2.2.4 Bulges or Creep7

2.2.5 Rubble at the toe8

2.3 MONITORING EQUIPMENT8

2.3.1 Survey Network9

2.3.2 Wire line Extensometers

2.3.3 Inclinometers11

2.3.4 Piezometers13

2.3.5 Borehole Extensometers14

2.4.4 IMPLEMENTING A MONITORING PLANS15

2.5. DATA REDUCTION & ANALYSIS16

 CHAPTER THREE 

3.1 SLOPE STABILIZATION METHODS &PRE-PLANNEDRESPONSE 

TO MOVEMENT                                    18

3.1.1 Let the material fail18

3.1.2 Support the material19

3.1.3Remove the hazard19

3.2. FUTURE MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES19

             CHAPTERN FOUR

4.0CONCLUSION20