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    This document provides summaries and formulas from The O'Hara Cost Estimator for estimating costs associated with open pit mining operations. It includes descriptions of typical open pit dimensions and throughput, formulas for estimating personnel needs for mining, milling, and administration, formulas for estimating pre-production stripping and clearing costs, and formulas for estimating equipment costs for drills, shovels, and trucks. The overall document provides high-level information on cost estimation methods from The O'Hara Cost Estimator.

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    This document provides summaries and formulas from The O'Hara Cost Estimator for estimating costs associated with open pit mining operations. It includes descriptions of typical open pit dimensions and throughput, formulas for estimating personnel needs for mining, milling, and administration, formulas for estimating pre-production stripping and clearing costs, and formulas for estimating equipment costs for drills, shovels, and trucks. The overall document provides high-level information on cost estimation methods from The O'Hara Cost Estimator.

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    This document provides summaries and formulas from The O'Hara Cost Estimator for estimating costs associated with open pit mining operations. It includes descriptions of typical open pit dimensions and throughput, formulas for estimating personnel needs for mining, milling, and administration, formulas for estimating pre-production stripping and clearing costs, and formulas for estimating equipment costs for drills, shovels, and trucks. The overall document provides high-level information on cost estimation methods from The O'Hara Cost Estimator.

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    OHara

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    Diego Huangal Laguna
    This document provides summaries and formulas from The O'Hara Cost Estimator for estimating costs associated with open pit mining operations. It includes descriptions of typical open pit dimensions and throughput, formulas for estimating personnel needs for mining, milling, and administration, formulas for estimating pre-production stripping and clearing costs, and formulas for estimating equipment costs for drills, shovels, and trucks. The overall document provides high-level information on cost estimation methods from The O'Hara Cost Estimator.

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    The O'Hara cost estimator


    Quick guides to the evaluation of orebodies, O'Hara (1980)


    The O'Hara cost estimator
    The typical open pit:
    43,000 tpd (39 kt/day) of ore and waste
    Depth of about 400 to 500 ft(120 to 150 m)
    2200 ft (670 m) wide
    4700 ft (1430 m) long
    Pit benches are typically 40 ft (12 m) high
    overall pit slope (excluding roads:
    about 57' in pits with competent rock
    44' in pits with oxidized or altered rock
    In-pit haulage road gradients averaging 9%
    The O'Hara cost estimator
    Daily tonnage:
    T = tons of ore milled/day
    T
    o
    =tons of ore mined/day
    T
    w
    = tons of waste mined/day
    T
    c
    = tons of ore passing the primary crusher/day
    T
    p
    = T
    o
    + T
    w
    = total material mined/day

    Assumed: The mill operates three 8-hour shifts per
    day and 7 days/week
    The O'Hara cost estimator
    Many open pit mines operate 7 days/week, but
    others may operate only 5 days/week.




    The cost guides in this section are based upon this
    assumption that the mill capacity is 71% of the daily
    mined ore tonnage.
    The O'Hara cost estimator
    Personnel numbers (N
    op
    ):
    The number of mine personnel N
    op
    required in open
    pit mines using shovels and trucks for loading and
    hauling the ore.
    The O'Hara cost estimator
    Personnel numbers (N
    ml
    ):
    The number personnel N
    ml
    required to operate mills
    treating T tons of low-grade ore
    The O'Hara cost estimator
    Personnel numbers (N
    sv
    ):
    The number of service personnel N
    sv
    required for
    open pits mining low grade ore
    The O'Hara cost estimator
    Personnel numbers (N
    at
    ):
    The number of administrative and technical
    personnel N
    at
    required for a mining and milling plant
    The O'Hara cost estimator
    Total personnel numbers:







    Do not include the personnel required for smelters,
    refineries, mine townsite services, concentrate
    transport, or offsite head offices
    The O'Hara cost estimator
    Mine associated capital casts
    Mine site clearing:
    For the pit, the required area A
    p
    in acres (4047 m
    2
    )
    The clearing costs depend upon the topography,
    the type of cover, and the total area
    The O'Hara cost estimator
    Mine associated capital casts
    Preproduction waste stripping:
    For the pit, the required area A
    p
    in acres
    T
    s
    : The tons of soil that must be stripped
    T
    ws
    : The tons of waste rock that must be stripped
    The O'Hara cost estimator
    Mine equipment
    (a) Drills:
    This formula includes a 25% allowance for drilling and blasting supplies
    and accessory equipment
    The O'Hara cost estimator
    Mine equipment
    standard diameters:
    4, 5, 6
    1/2
    , 7
    7/8
    , 9, 9
    7/8
    , l0
    5/8
    , 12
    1/4
    . 13
    3/4
    , 15, and 17
    1/2
    inches
    (or 102, 125, 165, 200, 229, 250, 270, 310, 350, 380, and
    445 mm)
    The O'Hara cost estimator
    Mine equipment
    This formula includes a 25% allowance for drilling and blasting supplies
    and accessory equipment
    The O'Hara cost estimator
    Mine equipment
    (b) Shovels:
    N
    s
    : The number of shovels (It should be rounded down)
    S: The optimum shovel size (cubic yards)
    (The total costs of the fleet of shovels supplemented by
    auxiliary bulldozers and front end loaders)
    The O'Hara cost estimator
    Mine equipment
    (c) Trucks:
    N
    t
    : Number of trucks required
    t: Truck size (tons)
    average haulage distance and gradient outside the pit is
    less than the inside

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