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Topic 6 - Core Boring

Core boring is the common method used to drill through hard rock formations. It involves using a core barrel, which is a hollow cylindrical drill between 5-10 cm in diameter and 30-300 cm long. Core drilling is useful for testing concrete structures and obtaining geological samples from drill cores. There are four main methods of drilling - percussion drilling uses compressed air to drive a hammer unit, churn drilling raises and lowers a sharpened bit attached to cable, diamond core drilling recovers intact core samples, and rotary, jet, and auger drilling are used for larger holes in mining and quarrying.

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Topic 6 - Core Boring

Core boring is the common method used to drill through hard rock formations. It involves using a core barrel, which is a hollow cylindrical drill between 5-10 cm in diameter and 30-300 cm long. Core drilling is useful for testing concrete structures and obtaining geological samples from drill cores. There are four main methods of drilling - percussion drilling uses compressed air to drive a hammer unit, churn drilling raises and lowers a sharpened bit attached to cable, diamond core drilling recovers intact core samples, and rotary, jet, and auger drilling are used for larger holes in mining and quarrying.

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  • Core Boring: Explains the methods and tools used in core boring, focusing on the equipment and technique of using a core barrel in drilling.
  • Conclusion: Wraps up the core boring document with closing remarks on drilling methodologies.

TOPIC 6: CORE BORING

CORE BORING
 The method commonly used to drill through the hard rock formation.
 Core Barrel – the equipment used to form the boring
o Regularly 5 to 10 cm in diameter and about 30 to 300 cm long
CORE DRILL
 A hollow, cylindrical drill that is used to makes holes through a surface.
 Made of metal, and the drill tips are usually coated with either diamond or carbide.
CORE DRILLING
 The best method for testing concrete, but it is very expensive.
 Scaling, leaching, or pattern cracking can be signs of the need for core drilling.
DRILLING
 Is a cutting process that uses a drill bit to cut or enlarge a hole of circular cross-section in solid
material.
HOW DEEP DOES CORE DRILLING GO?
 It depends on the structure.

FOUR METHODS OF DRILLING


1. Percussion drilling
2. Churn drilling
3. Diamond core
4. Rotary, jet and auger drilling
PERCUSSION DRILLING
 It consists of basically of a hammer unit which is driven by compressed air.
 Mainly used for water well drilling and not commonly used in mineral expo
CHURN DRILLING
 It is a drilling technique in which a sharpened steel bit attached to rope or cable is repeatedly
raised and lowered at the rate of 30-60 strokes/min and crushing the rock and making the hole
deeper.
 Useful in exploration work for sampling soft formations up to a depth of 100-150 m.
DIAMOND CORE
 Designed specifically for mineral exploration and is the most important type of drilling.
 Recovery of the core drill enables details of the geology, ground conditions and mineralogy to be
obtained that is not possible with any other method.

TWO TYPES OF DIAMOND DRILLLING:


1. Conventional drilling – the rod has to be removed from the hole each time. It is necessary to
recover core from the Core barrel.
2. Wire line drilling - the core can be removed from the hole without withdrawing the rods.
ROTARY DRILL
 is mostly used to drill big holes in large quarries, open pit mines, petroleum extraction, and other
fields.
JET DRILLINGS
 It is a placer sampling method where a casing and chisel-pointed bit are advanced by percussion
while water is forced ahead to loosen the material and to flush out and bring the sample to the
surface.
 It is replacing churn drilling in many placer mining districts where minerals other than gold are
involved.
AUGER DRILLS
 They are important in soil sampling, beach placer sampling, and in evaluating clay deposits. In
any event, auger drilling stops at the first boulder.

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