ISO 22932-1:2020

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 22932-1
First edition
2020-06
Mining — Vocabulary —
Part 1:
Planning and surveying
Exploitation minière — Vocabulaire —
Partie 1: Planification et levé
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
3.1 Planning . 1
3.1.1 General terms . 1
3.1.2 Prospecting . 2
3.1.3 Exploration . 3
3.1.4 Construction . 4
3.1.5 Mine closure . . 4
3.1.6 Exploitation . 5
3.1.7 Safety and rescue .13
3.1.8 Ventilation .13
3.2 Surveying .13
3.2.1 General terms .13
3.2.2 Reference .19
3.2.3 Measurement .28
3.2.4 Results .31
3.2.5 Errors .33
3.2.6 Chain surveying .35
3.2.7 Traverse .35
3.2.8 Angular measurement .38
3.2.9 Leveling and centering an instrument .42
3.2.10 Photogrammetry .45
3.2.11 Planimetry .45
3.2.12 Course determination . .46
3.2.13 Types of survey .52
3.3 Mapping .56
Bibliography .60
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Introduction
The ISO 22932 series has been prepared in order to standardize and to co-ordinate the global use of
technical terms in mining, for the benefice of the experts working on different types of mining activities.
The need for the ISO 22932 series arose from the widely varying interpretation of terms used within
the industry and the prevalent use of more than one synonym.
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 22932-1:2020(E)
Mining — Vocabulary —
Part 1:
Planning and surveying
1 Scope
This document specifies the commonly used terms in mine planning and surveying. Only those terms
that have a specific meaning in this field are included.
2 Normative references
There are no normative references in this document.
3 Terms and definitions
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3.1 Planning
3.1.1 General terms
3.1.1.1
mining plan
integration of all information about a mining project, from geology, mining and metallurgy, to
environment, security, society, etc., with the specific goal to define a project’s feasibility
3.1.1.2
contingency plan
strategy and set of actions for responding to a specific situation in which something goes wrong (spill,
fire, natural disaster, and other emergencies)
Note 1 to entry: Contingency plans prepare companies to respond to all possible worst-case scenarios.
[SOURCE: Guidebook for Evaluating Mining Project EIAs — Glossary, 2010]
3.1.1.3
plan
mostly large-scale drawing showing features, such as mine workings, geological structures, and outside
improvements, on a horizontal plane
[SOURCE: Dictionary of Mining, Mineral and Related Terms, U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1996]
3.1.1.4
planning
predesign of the detailed layout (3.1.4.2), main roadways (3.1.6.24), and workings of a mine or group
of mines
Note 1 to entry: The scheme usually involves the introduction of mechanical equipment for the working and
transport of the coal or mineral. The selection of mining methods and machines properly adapted to the local
conditions is part of planning.
[SOURCE: Dictionary of Mining, Mineral and Related Terms, U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1996]
3.1.1.5
planning engineer
mining engineer responsible for mine planning (3.1.1.4), who is attached to the planning department
of a large mine or a group of smaller mines and is qualified by training, experience, and technical
qualifications to envisage new development work and coordinate the ideas of other experts such as a
mechanization engineers, ventilation engineers, mining geologists
[SOURCE: Dictionary of Mining, Mineral and Related Terms, U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1996]
3.1.1.6
projection
plan (3.1.1.3) showing the proposed direction (3.2.12.7) and location of entries,
rooms, shafts, fans, and watercourses
Note 1 to entry: Such projections commonly cover the entire property to be worked.
[SOURCE: Dictionary of Mining, Mineral and Related Terms, U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1996]
3.1.1.7
project plans
series of plans of a proposed new colliery or reconstruction (3.1.6.23) which are drawn up for the
purpose of obtaining approval of the project
[SOURCE: BS 3618-1:1969]
3.1.1.8
working papers
field and office notes and calculations relating to the plans, drawings and sections of a mine which are
required by law to be preserved
Note 1 to entry: The working papers are sent to the district inspector of mines on the abandonment (3.1.5.2) of
the mine.
[SOURCE: BS 3618-1:1969]
3.1.2 Prospecting
3.1.2.1
adit
horizontal opening to an underground mine (3.1.6.32) from the surface
Note 1 to entry: See Figures 1 and 4.
[SOURCE: Glossary of Mining Terminology, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, 2007]
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Key
1 surface line
2 adit
3 shaft
NOTE SOURCE: Reference [22].
Figure 1 — Adit
3.1.2.2
isoresistivity plan
plan (3.1.1.3) showing lines of equal resistivity at a certain selected depth
Note 1 to entry: It is prepared from data obtained by the resistivity method of geophysical prospecting.
[SOURCE: Dictionary of Mining, Mineral and Related Terms, U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1996]
3.1.3 Exploration
3.1.3.1
bore journal
tabular record of the characteristics and thicknesses of strata intersected by a borehole
[SOURCE: BS 3618-1:1969]
3.1.3.2
marketability test
test determining whether or not a discovered mineral deposit is “valuable” under the meaning of the
law, i.e. whether or not the mineral can be extracted and marketed at a profit
[SOURCE: Glossary of BLM surveying and mapping terms, 1980]
3.1.3.3
reserve
quantity of mineral calculated to lie within given boundaries and described as the total (or gross),
workable or probable working, depending on the application of certain arbitrary limits in respect of
deposit thickness, depth, quality, geological conditions and contemporary economic factors
Note 1 to entry: See also possible reserve (3.1.3.3.1), probable reserve (3.1.3.3.2) and proven reserve (3.1.3.3.3).
[SOURCE: BS 3618-1:1969]
3.1.3.3.1
possible reserve
valuable mineralization not sampled enough to accurately estimate its tonnage and grade, or even to
verify its existence
Note 1 to entry: See
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