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MINING TAILINGS DIKE WITH FILTERING ROCKFILL

Construction of a containment dike with a filtering rockfill zone for the hydraulic tailings-storage system and filtration of water generated by the mineral-extraction leaching process.
PROJECt DETAILS
Category:

Mining Geotechnical Structure

Location:

El Choco-Isidora III Mining Industrial Complex
El Callao
Bolivar State.

Design Team:

Mining Engineer
Jose Luis de Abreu.
Ph.D. in Geology
Antonio Ughi.

Scope of Work: Construction of a containment dike with a filtering rockfill zone for the hydraulic tailings-storage system and treatment/filtration of water generated by the mineral-extraction leaching process.

Technical Specifications:

Trapezoidal structure.

Base width: 50 m.

Crest width: 12 m.

Height: 8 m.

Dike length: 515 m.

Filtering rockfill section length: 130 m.

LOCATION

El Choco-Isidora III Mining Industrial Complex, El Callao, Bolívar State.

Type of work

Mining Geotechnical Structure

Specifications

Trapezoidal structure
Base width: 50 m.
Crest width: 12 m.
Height: 8 m.
Dike length: 515 m.
Filtering rockfill section length: 130 m.