Mine Measurement Case Studies

Accurate survey data benefits mine expansion

Maptek I-Site technology has been instrumental in providing accurate and efficient survey deliverables across the Savage River iron ore operation.

Open Pit Applications

• Accurate survey data benefits mine expansion
• Rix’s Creek
• Monitoring wear rates in crushers
• Analyse surface movement trends with Sentry
• I-Site shines on diamond mine
• I-Site meets the open pit survey challenge
• Accurate volumes for cost-efficient overburden removal
• Laser scanning in extreme conditions
• Taking the pain out of routine mine survey tasks

Accurate models aid ground support

Maptek I-Site Studio generates high resolution models for geological mapping and ground support quality control at a large mine in Utah.

Underground Applications

• Accurate models aid ground support
• Survey solution for underground
• Survey solution for safety offsets
• Deep drift scanning
• Underground scanning best practice
• Total survey solution
• Surveying underground drives
• Survey data underground
• Moving underground at Argyle

Stockpile topographic survey

Maptek laser scanning technology is being used for calculating stockpile volumes at a gold mine in Mexico.

Stockpile Measurements

• Stockpile topographic survey
• I-Site drives cost-effective survey
• Precision data redefines inventory control
• Analysing Variability
• Modelling cement silo profiles
• Stockpile success at Hibbing Taconite
• Laser scanning for stockpiles
• Interior stockpile management

Understanding shear zones

I-Site laser scanning helped AECOM to extract geotechnical information on shear zones in this quarry in southeastern Australia.

Geological and Highwall Mapping

• Tailings dam survey
• Analyse surface movement trends with Sentry
• Geotechnical studies at Anglo American Coal
• Slope stability analysis
• Geology helps define road expansion
• Defining structures at Esperanza
• Highwall and geological mapping
• Scanning Antarctic glaciers
• Coastal cliff survey

Measuring mud flow

I-Site laser scanning provided a solution for measuring mud flow movement over time in a physically unstable area of Indonesia.

Field Survey

• The best survey solution for your task
• Survey solution for safety offsets
• Survey solution for underground
• Geology helps define road expansion
• Land forming benefits from laser system
• I-Site for rehabilitation studies
• Topographic Survey
• Powerline scanning
• Stream and river restoration survey

Blast analysis

The Maptek I-Site laser scanner was used for pre-explosion survey, providing results which can be used to review building standards and design for high-risk locations.

Forensic Applications

• Blast analysis
• Forensic applications
• Devastation scene mapping and modelling

Scanning Charleville WWII site for virtual tourism

Maptek I-Site is helping virtual tourism become a reality at Operation Charlie, breathing new life into Charleville’s historic airfield.

Heritage Applications

• Scanning Charleville WWII site for virtual tourism
• Scanning the Sydney Opera House
• Rock art preservation in Kakadu
• Serbian cave archaeology
• Recording St Kilda Island off Scotland