Cut-and-Fill Mining Methods Quiz

<p>Relatively narrow and subvertical tabular ore body</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Drift-and-fill</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Classic cut-and-fill mining involves the successive mining of horizontal or inclined slices upward through a relatively narrow and subvertical tabular ore body. The fill material is used to provide support for subsequent openings or to create a new, higher working level to gain access to ore above and to support the ground below.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cut-and-fill methods may be applied in conjunction with other conventional methods, such as blasthole stoping, or they may be methods that stand alone, such as drift-and-fill.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Raises maintained up through the fill (and occasionally down from upper levels) provide for access to different levels within the mine for ore extraction and ground support.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The purpose is to create a new, higher working level to gain access to ore above and to support the ground below.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The defining characteristic of cut-and-fill mining is that excavated voids are filled with barren material to facilitate the continuation of ore production. This sets it apart from mining methods that do not require backfilling of excavated voids.</p> Signup and view all the answers