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Mining tailings dam with filtering causeway

Construction of a containment dam with filtering causeway, for the hydraulic system for the storage of tailings and filtration of the water, from the leaching process in the extraction of the mineral.
PROJECt DETAILS
Category:

Mining Geotechnical Structure

Location:

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

Designers:

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

Work Description: construction of a containment dam with filtering causeway, for the hydraulic system for the storage of tailings and filtering of the water, from the leaching process in the extraction of the mineral.

Technical Specifications:

  • Trapezoidal structure.
    Major base  50 meters.
    Minor base (crest) 12 meters.
    Height 8 meters.
    Breakwater length 515 meters.
    Filtering causeway length 130 meters.
LOCATION

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

Type of work

Mining Geotechnical Structure

Technical

Trapezoidal structure.