Newsletter June 2014 > In this issue Vulcan custom scripting I-Site Studio 5.0 BlastLogic performance University partnerships PerfectDig decision support Vulcan development roadmap Combined mapping solution Eureka field geology tablet Maptek has been showcasing our products and services at tradeshows around the world. The calendar on page 13 shows events where we’ll be at during the next 6 months. Visit our booth! MAPTEK FORGE / JUNE 2014 MAPTEK FORGE / JUNE 2014 2 4 10 In this issue Contents Rugged, safe and easy to use, Tradeshow gallery 1 Maptek technology is fit for purpose. Vulcan custom scripting 2 Maptek systems provide the tools for Streamlined geological modelling better understanding and applying technical data to optimise operations. I-Site Studio 5.0 4 Seamless integration between field New features for surveyors and desktop makes digital data BlastLogic performance 5 immediately available for reviewing Instant access to digital blast data conformance, assessing risks and refining designs. University partnerships 6 Skills and technology transfer Maptek works with industry to target product development and PerfectDig case study 8 deliver responsive services. We Daily performance reporting help universities prepare competent Resourcing Vulcan 9 graduates with the technical Vulcan development roadmap knowledge and experience that is demanded by mining companies. Combined mapping solution 10 Accurate results for safety study Airborne mapping FAQs 11 How airborne mapping works Eureka case study 12 Field tablet for data logging Calendar of events 13 Want more? More information available online Video Detailed article Photo gallery Maptek Forge newsletter is published each quarter. You can receive it by mail or email. Email [email protected] to subscribe or advise changes to contact details. www.maptek.com/forge Articles may be reproduced with acknowledgement. ©2014 Maptek CONTENTS 1 Vulcan custom scripting unlocks answers Resource Geologist, Steve Polkowski discusses the use of Vulcan scripting and object attributes to model geology at the Pogo Gold Mine, and unlock the ‘known unknown’. Pogo Gold Mine is located near Geological modelling are supplemented by inferred data Delta Junction, Alaska. Exploration points when the geological model began in 1990, gold deposits were The geological model requires a requires further definition. discovered in 1994 and production footwall. Data often only dictates was launched in 2006. that it is ‘at least’ this far down; Issues it does not always show exactly The Pogo mine exhibits a large where the footwall is located. A common problem is a locally scale quartz vein system, often missing footwall. The original with well-defined hanging walls Point attributes, specifically the physical dimensions of the vein and footwalls on the ore zone. The display attributes, are used to system vary locally and are further size and age of the deposit present portray source data and confidence complicated by subsequent faulting. many complications. The original level for individual points. For production reasons, a stope may be mined following only the shape was far from perfect with The geology department stores hanging wall. local pinch and swell common. drilling data in a third party SQL ™ This structure was later intruded, backend database. Maptek A geological model update, based ™ sheared, and faulted. The original Vulcan simplifies connection to on this in-stope data, lacks a local grade was often very locally the database which is available to footwall location. In the absence stratified. Mining this deposit engineering staff through an ODBC of local drilling, the conservative economically sometimes results in connection. This allows them to approach is to model the footwall missing footwall data where nearby access the most current data and to the lowest elevation represented drilling anticipates good grade on eliminates export time. in production face mapping. the footwall up-dip, but the drilling Drilling data is not the only The result is a physical geological is too distal to rely on for local vein information used by geologists for model that represents a vein that thickness. This information should modelling the deposit. In-stope is ‘at least this thick’. The problem be considered for the next up-dip data points recorded using a total is that the stope design engineer stope design. station carry the highest priority, does not know, by just looking at Where data is missing, the objective and take precedence whenever the physical or grade models, what is to infer reasonable data points for there is a conflict. These points, areas are questionable. applying to stope design. along with the drillhole data points, 2 VULCAN hanging wall footwall drillhole non drillhole in-stope known data from face mapping penetration penetration inferred point based on available data inferred point based on extrapolation A Lava script makes triangulation source data available as colour, shape, and label properties leading to better stope design decisions. The shapes of these red footwall points indicate the source of the data. The script imports points from a third party system and assigns attributes. Differentiating source Another point attribute provides available without requiring constant a description of the source for requests for exports from the data the point location. Inferred and geological database. The script When modelling, a common extrapolated points can be labelled assigns the correct symbol name practice is to use different display with the stope that generated the based on the type of point; it also styles for points to portray different data. If the point data source was assigns the label data. types of source data. a drillhole, the drillhole ID goes into that same attribute. Setting the Running the script is simple and At Pogo mine blue is used for ‘label’ to that attribute shows the fast, making the script-created hanging wall and red for footwall. data source for each point. layers disposable, with no need Further, the shapes of points are to maintain them. important, especially in the inferred Even without labels, the shapes data set. of the points in various areas Lava script > Triangle: A ‘regular’ inferred point, yield important information A Lava script based on the Pogo interpreted from a face map. when designing a stope based mine example is available > Diamond: An inferred point that on the provided model. in the Maptek Users Area at extrapolates the model as far users.maptek.com. Navigate to as possible based on the An area where the footwall data Solution Articles and search for available data. is defined by all diamonds indicates ‘Script: Reading a CSV through > Circle: An inferred point that that the geological model extends ODBC, creating points, and extends the model based at least down to that elevation, assigning attributes using Lava’. on extrapolation from drilling but the real footwall may be Thanks to Steve Polkowski intercepts. This most often significantly lower. Resource Geologist happens when adjusting Sumitomo Metal Mining Pogo LLC The data is made available to the position and elevation data stope design engineers via an from older surface holes with ODBC connection and Lava script. deep intercepts. This makes the most current data MAPTEK FORGE / JUNE 2014 3 I-Site Studio 5.0 boosts survey workflow Maptek™ I-Site™ Studio 5.0 delivers new features and improvements to existing software tools to further boost survey efficiency and productivity. Hallmarks of Maptek™ I-Site™ laser The Global registration interface A Kinematic analysis option scan technology include easy has been streamlined and smart allows analysis for potential failure setup and use, featuring familiar sampling has been introduced. types such as wedge, planar and workflow and integration with site Tolerance ellipsoids can be set toppling. survey practices. I-Site Studio™ and viewed for each scan. Multiple software brings out the real value scans from the same location can Software development is in the scan data - superb accuracy be moved together as a group. It enhanced by responding and flexible reporting. is now possible to register 2 scans to user feedback. unlevelled, but constrained to a I-Site Studio 5.0 introduces new GPS point in global registration. Stereonet display improvements capability for quick and easy include type, grid style and viewing of large datasets. Applying The Combination surface tool scalable pole size. The great circle a Level of Detail (LOD) function allows a new surface to be outside tool now autopopulates from a to the data allows a manageable the original surface, which is often stereonet selection. amount of data to be loaded and the case when mining operations viewed at one time. expand. The function no longer The new Vegetation filter includes requires completely closed a new wizard-style interface, with A new Workflow manager intersections between surfaces an option to remove objects above allows users to create their own to generate a new solid. evenly distributed low points in a workflows. A series of transactions selection. A distance from ground can be shared and adapted within Additions to the Geotechnical slider dynamically updates the view survey teams and launched from module allow easier analysis of of points to be removed. custom toolbars to save time on different failure modes and more routine survey data processing and intuitive display of results. The new Panoramic photograph analysis. The status of the current to scan tool renders a 360º A maximum discontinuity area can process is conveniently highlighted. panoramic image captured with now be specified in theExtract any digital device to an I-Site discontinuities tool. point cloud. Improved standard rendering allows up to 7 images 01 02 to be rendered to a single surface. Import/Export options are expanded to .e57 and .las files, with a new Maptek file format supporting transfer of any objects in the database between Maptek applications. Usability enhancements include creating default legends for 03 04 colouring objects; saving views; licence borrowing; and new reporting formats.