Department of Materials and Resources Engineering & Technology
Department of Materials and Resources Engineering & Technology
Department of Materials and Resources Engineering & Technology
An old copper waste dump of Atlas Consolidated Mining was suspected to be rich in
copper. It was divided into grid and the drilling results revealed the following:
Coordinates Assay Coordinates Assay
Hole Hole
East North (g/ton) East North (g/ton)
DH-1 900 1000 1.265 DH-11 500 1000 0.023
DH-2 200 1600 0.685 DH-12 500 1600 0.377
DH-3 600 1900 0.175 DH-13 500 1400 0.320
DH-4 300 1400 0.392 DH-14 900 1400 0.806
DH-5 900 1200 0.453 DH-15 800 1800 0.417
DH-6 1100 1600 0.427 DH-16 700 1600 0.685
DH-7 700 1400 0.717 DH-17 1100 1400 0.889
DH-8 900 1600 0.377 DH-18 500 1200 0.230
DH-9 1100 1800 0.489 DH-19 1300 1400 0.475
DH-10 400 1050 0.102 DH-20 800 1200 0.833
Determine the value of the deposit in terms of its copper content using TRIANGLE
METHOD.