A Technical and Economic Study of Candidate Underground Mining Systems for Deep, Thick Oil Shale Deposits, Phase 1 Report

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• Personal Author:
  Bills JB ; Hoskins WN ; Tobie RL ; Upadhyay RP ; Wright FD
• Description:
  The contractor investigated and evaluated all potentially feasible methods for large-scale mining of the thick oil shale deposits in the deeper central part of the Piceance Creek Basin of northwestern Colorado. Technical and economic data were obtained, preliminary layouts and designs were prepared, and pertinent operating features and cost data were analyzed and evaluated. The relative merits of each mining method were defined and the following candidates were selected as most promising for detailed design and analysis under Phase II of the contract: (1) chamber and pillar mining with spent shale backfill. (2) Sublevel stoping wiht spent shale backfill. (3) Sub-level stoping with full subsidence. (4) Block caving mining using load-haul-dumps. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Geology Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Caving Mining Cost Analysis Depreciation Environmental Impacts Fixed Investment Hydrology Mining Engineering Oil Shale Operating Costs Piceance Creek Basin Room And Pillar Mining Stope Mining Subsidence Technology Assessment Underground Mining

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Publisher:
  U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRC - Denver Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-331
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10001896
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-249884
• Citation:
  Denver, CO: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, OFR 23-76, 1975 Jul; :1-331
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Performing Organization:
  Cameron Engineers, Inc., Denver, Colorado
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Denver, CO: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, OFR 23-76
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:374ecaa366140bd3490177698fc8015ed1a69363756978b7af1238b319701bade77d3f83e25fbcf27286db390c3a9b12dbb38ff9cab8ccbf5223daaf556be922
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206561/cdc_206561_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 9.67 MB ]