PREDICTION AND CONTROL OF ROCKBURST DURING DEEP EXCAVATION OF A GOLD MINE IN CHINA

The studies of prediction and control ofrockburst are presented during deep excavation in a gold mine in China Firstly, the stress-relief method is used to obtain a vast amount of data about initial geostress. Secondly, 3D FEM analyses of large scale are performed to find out the law of geostress distribution at various excavation levels of the mining area. At the same time, as an equally important measure, six typical kinds of rock blocks are sampled for the experimental study of rockburst tendency. According to th esynthesized results of the theoretical and testing results, the methods of brittleness coefficient, brittle index and stress, and so on, are adopted. Finally, the evaluation on the possibility of rockbursts is given that may take place at the deep mining area and some effective measures are put forward to prevent and control the rockburst.