Determining of safety pillars in the vicinity of water reservoirs in mine workings within abandoned mines in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (USCB)

2010 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Przemysław Bukowski
Keyword(s):  
Abandoned Mines ◽  
Water Reservoirs ◽  
Coal Basin ◽  
Upper Silesian Coal Basin ◽  
Mine Workings

Participation of Quaternary Aquifers in Groundwater Inflow to Mines in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (USCB) / Udział Wodonośnych Utworów Czwartorzędowych W Procesie Zawodnienia Kopalń Górnośląskich

2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 419-437
Author(s):  
Kazimierz Różkowski ◽  
Andrzej Różkowski ◽  
Marek Sołtysiak
Keyword(s):  
Ore Deposits ◽  
Open Pit ◽  
Hard Coal ◽  
Quaternary Sediments ◽  
Coal Basin ◽  
Groundwater Inflow ◽  
Technological Factors ◽  
Upper Silesian Coal Basin ◽  
Quaternary Aquifers ◽  
Mine Workings

Abstract The Upper Silesian Coal Basin (USCB) is situated within Variscean depression in the southern Poland. Mining of the hard coal, ore and sand deposits in the USCB has a long-lasting tradition. Exploitation has been carried out with both - open pit and mainly underground operations. The intensity of water inflows to mines depends on geogenic and technological factors. Among geogenic factors the main one is occurrence of thick water - bearing Quaternary sediments in the roof of Carboniferous ore deposits. Among technological factors the essential influence on the inflows to the mine workings have: time, depth and surface of exploitation, as well as drainage intensity.

Interpolation and Sampling Errors of the Ash and Sulphur Contents in Selected Polish Bituminous Coal Deposit (Upper Silesian Coal Basin – USCB) / Błędy Interpolacji I Opróbowania Zawartości Popiołu I Siarki W Wytypowanych Polskich Złożach Węgla Kamiennego (Górnośląskie Zagłębie Węglowe)

2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 791-806 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Mucha ◽  
Monika Wasilewska-Błaszczyk
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Sampling Error ◽  
Estimation Error ◽  
Random Component ◽  
Drill Core ◽  
Coal Basin ◽  
Core Sampling ◽  
Upper Silesian Coal Basin ◽  
Mine Workings ◽  
Analytical Errors

Abstract The basic sources of information on the parameters characterizing the quality of coal (i.e. its ash and sulphur contents) in the deposits of The Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland) are drill core sampling (the first stage of exploration) and channel sampling in mine workings (the second stage of exploration). Boreholes are irregularly spaced but provide relatively uniform coverage over an entire deposit area. Channel samples are taken regularly in mine workings, but only in the developed parts of the deposit. The present study considers selected seams of two mines. The methodology used is based on detailed geostatistical analysis, point kriging procedure and P. Gy’s theory of sampling. Its purpose is: • defining and comparing geostatistical models for variability of the ash and sulphur contents for data originating from boreholes and mine workings, • predicting by means of point kriging the values of the parameters and errors of interpolation using data from boreholes at grid points where underground mine workings were later channel-sampled, • assessing the accuracy of interpolation by comparison of predicted values of parameters with real values (found by channel sampling), • evaluating the variances of total secondary sampling error (error of preparation of assay samples) and analytical error introduced by assaying of sulphur and ash, • assessing the contribution of sampling and analytical errors (global estimation error) to the interpolation errors. The authors found that the interpolation errors for ash or sulphur content are very large, with mean relative values of 35%-60%, mainly caused by the considerable natural variability, a significant role of random component of variability, and heterogeneity of spatial distribution of these characteristics. The sampling and analytical errors play a negligible role. Their values are smaller than 11% of interpolation error values. Presenting estimates of the spatial distribution of ash and sulphur contents in coal seams by means of contour maps is unreasonable if they are based on drill core sampling.

scholarly journals Phosphorus Content in Deposits of Zofiówka Monocline (Sw Part of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin)

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marek Marcisz
Keyword(s):  
Phosphorus Content ◽  
Coal Basin ◽  
Upper Silesian Coal Basin

Streszczenie Przeprowadzono charakterystykę zmienności zawartości fosforu w 29 pokładach węgla kamien- nego złóż Pniówek i Zofiówka, występujących na monoklinie Zofiówki. Dokonano tego na podstawie utworzonej cyfrowej bazy danych obejmującej 2730 próbek, spośród których w 1674 oznaczono zawartość tego pierwiastka. Przeprowadzono podstawowe analizy statystyczne, za pomocą których określono m.in. liczbę próbek, w któiych oznaczono zawartość fosforu w poszczególnych pokładach, a także minimalną, maksymalną oraz średnią zawartość tego pierwiastka w danym pokładzie. Prześledzono zmiany zawartości fosforu w układzie horyzontalnym (w dwóch kierunkach: E-W oraz N-S) i wertykalnym (wraz z głębokością). Wykreślono także mapy izolinii zawartości fosforu we wszystkich badanych pokładach węgla. Wyniki badań wykazały, że zawartość fosforu w badanych pokładach złóż monokliny Zofiówki zmienia się w szerokim zakresie od 0,001 do 0,550% Pa (śr. 0,064%). Występuje w nich zatem węgiel o stosunkowo wysokiej - niekorzystnej przy produkcji koksu - zawartości fosforu. Najniższymi zawartościami tego parametru odznaczają się pokłady 417/1, 418/1-2, 502/1 oraz 505/1, najwyższymi natomiast -362/1 i 406/1. Nie wykazano żadnej ogólnej tendencji zmian zawartości fosforu. W każdym z pokładów obserwuje się odmienny charakter tych zmian. Nie stwierdzono także żadnego powiązania z przynależnością stratygraficzną.

Volcanoclastic minerals of some Czechoslovakian tonsteins and their alteration

Clay Minerals ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Weiss ◽  
A. Baronnet ◽  
M. Chmielova
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seams ◽  
Coal Basin ◽  
Upper Carboniferous ◽  
Upper Silesian Coal Basin ◽  
Mineral Assemblages ◽  
Clayey Rocks ◽  
Quartz Grains

AbstractIn the Czechoslovak part of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Ostrava-Karvina Coal Basin), only part of the Upper Carboniferous (Namurian A, B, C and Westphalian A) is well developed, and tonsteins, which are clayey rocks or claystones, occur as thin, clayey interlayers in the coal seams. Two types of primary volcanic mineral assemblages were identified in four tonstein samples from different coal seams; the first type is characterized by the presence of biotite and sanidine, and the second by the presence of biotite, bytownite and Ca-amphibole. All tonsteins studied contained kaolinite minerals, volcanic quartz grains, crystals of zircon and apatite. Separated biotite flakes with an admixture of kaolinite layers were identified as 1M polytype. The flakes without kaolinite minerals were identified as epitactic overgrowth of 1M and complex polytypes, and twinned crystals of 2M1 polytype. Kaolinization of biotite flakes was observed in all tonstein samples studied. Kaolinite single layers (7 Å) as well as two-layer polytype of kaolinite minerals (14 Å) sandwiched between biotite layers (10 Å) were identified by HRTEM imaging.

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