Project number
16087
Organization
UA Department of Mining and Geological Engineering
Academic year
2016-2017
The team’s objective is to design a decline for the University of Arizona’s San Xavier Mine, a student-run mining laboratory, according to Mine Safety and Health Administration’s safety codes. The purpose of the decline is to create opportunities for partnerships between the University of Arizona and mining companies.
A decline is a sloping underground opening for machine access from surface to level. To hold the largest equipment, the decline must have entrances and throughways of 22 feet high and 27 feet across. For optimal equipment performance, the overall slope grade must be no greater than 10 percent. Support, ventilation and mine design were all completed on mine software.
Underground laboratories were designed adjacent to the decline to offer locations for research. A tailings pile was designed and constructed to hold the moved earth in accordance with all safety standards.
A decline is a sloping underground opening for machine access from surface to level. To hold the largest equipment, the decline must have entrances and throughways of 22 feet high and 27 feet across. For optimal equipment performance, the overall slope grade must be no greater than 10 percent. Support, ventilation and mine design were all completed on mine software.
Underground laboratories were designed adjacent to the decline to offer locations for research. A tailings pile was designed and constructed to hold the moved earth in accordance with all safety standards.