Two of the deep dewatering bores for an open cut mine were badly affected by iron oxide deposits.
Two of the deep dewatering bores for an open cut mine were badly affected by iron oxide deposits.
1 PagesCASE STUDY www.youtube.com/geoquipwater www.geoquipwatersolutions.com geoquip water solutions limited Unit 7, Sovereign Centre Farthing Road Industrial Estate Ipswich, IP1 5AP, ENGLAND TEL: + 44 (0) 1473 462046 FAX: + 44 (0) 1473 462146 email:info@geoquipservices.co.uk Open Cut Mine, Queensland (Australia) Two of the four main dewatering bores for an open-cut mine were badly affected by iron oxide deposits. These deposits caused overheating in four very large expensive pumps which resulted in them seizing every 10 days. The mine uses four extraction wells to keep the mine dry and the groundwater is used for dust suppression and processing. The cascading bores are 400mm in diameter and 467m in depth. Fouling of the pumps is common with cascading bores beca
