Response of seam–borehole and seam–stope systems to industrial blasts

Solid mineral mining involves excessive drainage–dewatering of underground openings and the related induced formation of the disturbed ground water dynamics, which shows up as growing cones of depression and domes of flowing under tailings ponds, for example. Disturbance of hydrodynamic situation can bring adverse consequences in the form of instability in some rock mass areas adjoining tectonically weak zones and lithologic and stratigraphic contacts. This defines essentiality and relevance of monitoring of water inflows, ground water table and microseismicity background. The aim of this study is to compare responses of the seam–borehole and seam–stope systems to an industrial blast. The study uses the processing results of seismic and hydrogeological data obtained from continuous monitoring at two stationary points on ground surface within a mine field and at an observation point in a mine. During field operations in the Korobkovo mine field, KMAruda, in July 2023, the integrated synchronous hydrogeological and seismic observations over the response of the seam–borehole and seam–stope systems to industrial blasts were performed.

Ivanov A. G., Karavaev A. V., Fedorov A. Yu. Response of seam–borehole and seam–stope systems to industrial blasts. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2025;(4):135-151. [In Russ]. DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2025_4_0_135.

The study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, Grant No. 23-27-00469, https://rscf.ru/project/23-27-00469.

A.G. Ivanov¹, Graduate Student, Junior Researcher, e-mail: ivanov.ag@idg.ras.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8051-4735,
A.V. Karavaev¹, Graduate Student, e-mail: karavaev.av@idg.ras.ru,
A.Yu. Fedorov¹, Graduate Student, e-mail: fedorov.ayu@idg.ras.ru,
¹ Sadovsky Institute of Geospheres Dynamics of Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334, Moscow, Russia.

A.G. Ivanov, e-mail: ivanov.ag@idg.ras.ru.

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