Method and system for acquiring geological data from a bore hole
AssigneeReflex Instruments Asia Pacific Pty Ltd
InventorDavid Lawie
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Abstract
A method of obtaining geological data pertaining to a bore hole that comprises supporting a ground drill and a separate geological instrument (30) on a vehicle (52), the instrument (30) being capable of acquiring geological data including one or more of geophysical data, petro physical data, mineralogical and compositional data and hole geometry data from within the bore hole; drilling a bore hole using a ground drill, the bore hole having an exposed circumferential wall; moving the ground drill out of the bore hole and subsequently out of alignment with the bore hole; lowering and subsequently retrieving the instrument (30) from the bore hole; and, operating the instrument (30) while in the bore hole to acquire geological data of the ground in which the bore hole is drilled.
Claims40
A method of obtaining geological data pertaining to a bore hole comprising:
- supporting a ground drill and a separate geological instrument on a vehicle, the instrument being capable of acquiring geological data including one or more of geophysical data, petro physical data, mineralogical and compositional data and hole geometry data from within the bore hole;
- drilling a bore hole using a ground drill the bore hole having an exposed circumferential wall;
- moving the ground drill out of the bore hole and subsequently out of alignment with the bore hole;
- lowering and subsequently retrieving the instrument from the bore hole;
- operating the instrument while in the bore hole to acquire geological data of the ground in which the bore hole is drilled.
A method of charging a blast hole with explosive material comprising:
- driving a vehicle carrying one or more explosive materials to a blast hole having a hole wall;
- aligning a geological measurement instrument supported on the vehicle with the blast hole and lowering and subsequently retrieving the instrument from the blast hole;
- operating the instrument while in the blast hole to acquire geological data of the ground in which the blast hole exists;
- using the acquired geological data to determine geological characteristics of the ground surrounding the blast hole;
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- depositing into the blast hole one or more explosive materials from the vehicle on the basis of the determined geological characteristics.
A bore hole drilling and data collection system comprising:
- a vehicle;
- a drill string mounted on the vehicle and capable of drilling a bore hole;
- a geological data measurement instrument carried by the vehicle and being capable of acquiring geological data from within a bore hole drilled by the drill string;
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- a handling system mounted on the vehicle and associated with the drill string and the geological data measurement instrument, the handling system being arranged to:
- move the drill string into and out of a blast hole, align the instrument with the blast hole and subsequently move the instrument into and out of the bore hole.
A bore hole charging system capable of charging a bore hole with explosive material the system comprising:
- a vehicle carrying a supply of explosive material and a geological measurement instrument capable of acquiring geological data relating to the bore hole drilled by the drill string;
- a handling system mounted on the vehicle and associated with the geophysical measurement instrument, the handling system being arranged to move the instrument into and out of the bore hole;
- a control system for controlling discharge of explosive material from the vehicle into the bore hole on the basis of the acquired geological data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.