Classificação do maciço rochoso e caracterização das brechas da mina subterrânea de Vazante-MG

• Autor(a) principal: Bhering, Apolo Pedrosa
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/3718
• topic: Classificação geomêcanica; Mineração subterrânea; Bimrocks; Geomechanic classification; Underground mining; Bimrocks; CNPQ::ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA CIVIL

This dissertation describes the Vazante underground mine rock mass and some important breccias geomechanics features, or bimrocks, which occur in the underground. Systematic geologic-geotechnics mappings of the main levels of the underground mine was carried out, allowing the individualization of four families of main discontinuities, besides the preserved sedimentary bedding and the foliation. The mappings were done following the geomechanics classification RMR and the Q system, supplying correlation between the methods for Vazante's lithotypes. A new campaign of uniaxial tests for the determination of intact rock strength was carried out and the RQD values for each classified area had been determined by statistics analyses. The results were discussed according to each parameter and peculiarities found in each distinct rock mass. The breccias, a rock type which is not very accessible in the geotechnical literature, had been characterized according to the volumetric block proportion (VBP) and strength to simple compression. The values of VBP had been found from the analyses obtained with the aid of the Leica Qwin software for the binarization of the digitalized images. There has also been presented the correlation between the simple compression and the percentages of the main chemical elements that constitutes the Vazante breccias, such as zinc, iron, calcium, magnesium and silicon.