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A Technical and Economic Study of Candidate Underground Mining Systems for Deep, Thick Oil Shale Deposits.

PB249884

Publication Date	1975
Personal Author	Hoskins, W. N.; Wright, F. D.; Tobie, R. L.; Bills, J. B.; Upadhyay, R. P.
Page Count	323
Abstract	Methods of large-scale mining of the thick oil shale deposits in the deep central part of the Piceance Creek Basin of Northwestern Colorado are evaluated. Technical and economic data were obtained, preliminary layouts and designs were prepared, and pertinent operating features and cost data were analyzed and evaluated. The relative merits of each mining method are defined.
Keywords	Oil shale Underground mining Mining engineering Room and pillar mining Stope mining Caving mining Subsidence Environmental impacts Cost analysis Fixed investment Operating costs Depreciation Technology assessment Geology Hydrology Piceance Creek Basin Colorado
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	48A - Mineral Industries
Corporate Authors	Cameron Engineers, Inc., Denver, Colo.; BUREAU OF Mines, Washington, D.C.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Contract rept. Jul 74-Jul 75 on Phase 1.
NTIS Issue Number	197610
Contract Number	S0241074

A Technical and Economic Study of Candidate Underground Mining Systems for Deep, Thick Oil Shale Deposits.

A Technical and Economic Study of Candidate Underground Mining Systems for Deep, Thick Oil Shale Deposits.
PB249884

Publication Date	1975
Personal Author	Hoskins, W. N.; Wright, F. D.; Tobie, R. L.; Bills, J. B.; Upadhyay, R. P.
Page Count	323
Abstract	Methods of large-scale mining of the thick oil shale deposits in the deep central part of the Piceance Creek Basin of Northwestern Colorado are evaluated. Technical and economic data were obtained, preliminary layouts and designs were prepared, and pertinent operating features and cost data were analyzed and evaluated. The relative merits of each mining method are defined.
Keywords	Oil shale Underground mining Mining engineering Room and pillar mining Stope mining Caving mining Subsidence Environmental impacts Cost analysis Fixed investment Operating costs Depreciation Technology assessment Geology Hydrology Piceance Creek Basin Colorado
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	48A - Mineral Industries
Corporate Authors	Cameron Engineers, Inc., Denver, Colo.; BUREAU OF Mines, Washington, D.C.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Contract rept. Jul 74-Jul 75 on Phase 1.
NTIS Issue Number	197610
Contract Number	S0241074