Field Geologists'

Manual
FIFTH EDITION

Monograph 9

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THG MINERALS INSTITUTE

Published by:
THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY

Ground Floor, 204 Lygon Street, Carlton Victoria 3053 Australia

Contents
1. Ethics

1.1. PREAMBLE 1

1.2. CODE OF ETHICS 1

1.3. CODE FOR CONSULTANTS 3

2. Health, Safety and Environment

2.1. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY 7

2.2. COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT 15

3. Mineral and Rock Information

3.1. MINERAL INDEX 21

3.2. LIST OF COMMON MINERALS IN ORDER OF DENSITY 43

3.3. DESCRIPTION OF HEAVY LIQUIDS 47

3.4. CLASSIFICATION OF PLUTONIC ROCKS -

IUGS FIELD SYSTEM 49

3.5. CLASSIFICATION OF VOLCANIC ROCKS IUGS SYSTEM 50

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3.6. BROAD CLASSIFICATION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS BY COLOUR AND GRAIN SIZE ....
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3.7. CLASSIFICATION OF PYROCLASTIC ROCKS -

IUGS SYSTEM 51

3.8. DIAMOND INDICATOR MINERALS (DIMs) 52

3.9. METAMORPHIC FACIES DIAGRAM 56

3.10. SUMMARY OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS 57

3.11. CLASSIFICATION OF ALTERATION, VEINS AND BRECCIA IN ORE SYSTEMS 59

3.12. CLASSIFICATION OF ARENITES AND TERRIGENOUS SEDIMENTS 65

3.13. CLASSIFICATION OF CARBONATE SEDIMENTS 67

3.14. ROUNDNESS AND SPHERICITY, RELATIVE RESISTANCE TO ABRASIVE

ROUNDING, AND PARTICLE SIZE TERMINOLOGY FOR SEDIMENTARY AND

PYROCLASTIC PARTICLES 68

3.15. BEDDING THICKNESS TERMINOLOGY 69

3.16. A GENETIC CLASSIFICATION OF SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES 70

3.17. DIAGRAMS REPRESENTING VARIOUS PERCENTAGES OF GRAINS 71

3.18. REGOLITH TERMINOLOGY 71

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4- Geochemistry
4.1. PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS 75

4.2. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NATURAL ELEMENTS AND COMMON VALUES 76

4.3. CONVERSION FACTORS, ELEMENTS TO COMPOUNDS 78

4.4. AVERAGE ABUNDANCES OF SELECTED MINOR ELEMENTS 79

4.5. RANGE OF ABUNDANCE OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN SOILS 81

4.6. GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURE OF MINERAL DEPOSIT TYPES 81

4.7. GENERAL NOTES FOR GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING 83

5. Geological Mapping
5.1. INDEX TO NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA

1:250 000 SCALE MAPS SHOWING MAGNETIC DECLINATION 91

5.2. GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE 97

5.3. STANDARD MAPPING SYMBOLS GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA SYSTEM 109

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5.4. AUSTRALIA STANDARD COLOUR SCHEME AND STRATIGRAPHIC SYMBOLS

FOR GEOLOGICAL MAPS 170

5.5. GEOLOGICAL MAP PROJECTIONS 170

5.6. ABRIDGED GUIDE TO LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC NOMENCLATURE IN

AUSTRALIA 179

5.7. CHECK LISTS FOR RECORDING OUTCROP INFORMATION 189

5.8. CLASSIFICATION OF FAULTS 191

5.9. CLASSIFICATION OF FOLDS BY DIP ISOGONS AND BY HINGE SURFACE 192

5.10. GRAPH SHOWING ANGLE OF TRUE DIP OR SLOPE, VERTICAL

EXAGGERATION, AND EXAGGERATED DIP 194

5.11. NOMOGRAM FOR ESTIMATING AREA 195

5.12. NOMOGRAM FOR ESTIMATING TRUE WIDTH 196

6. Mining and Economic Geology

6.1. FIELD CHEMICAL TESTS FOR COMMON ELEMENTS AND MINERAL

CLASSES 197

6.2. COMMERCIAL ORES 204

6.3. TYPICAL STAGES AND METHODS IN MINERAL EXPLORATION 230

6.4. BACKGROUND DATA FOR A MINE EVALUATION 231

7. Engineering Geology
7.1. FIELD GEOTECHNICAL TESTING METHODS 233

7.2. LABORATORY GEOTECHNICAL TESTING METHODS 234

7-3- STATIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF UNWEATHERED ROCKS 235

74. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES FOR UNWEATHERED ROCKS 236

7.5. RECOMMENDED ORDER OF DESCRIPTION OF ROCK PROPERTIES 238

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 7.6. ROCK WEATHERING CLASSIFICATION 238

7.7. ROCK STRENGTH CLASSES 239

7.8. BULKING FACTORS FOR EXPANSION OF COMMON ROCK MATERIALS 239

7.9. DISCONTINUITY SPACING 240

7.10. APERTURE OF DISCONTINUITY SURFACES 240

7.11. COMMON DEFECTS IN ROCK MASS 241

7.12. CLASSIFICATION OF LANDSLIDES 244

7.13. ORDER OF DESCRIPTION OF SOILS 249

7.14. DESCRIPTION, IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF SOILS 250

7.15. CALCAREOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCK NOMENCLATURE 252

7.16. CONSISTENCY OF SOILS 253

7.17. SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT 254

7.18. DYNAMIC PENETRATION TEST 254

7.19. HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY (PERMEABILITY) 257

7.20. SUMMARY OF THE ARITHMETIC MEAN OF HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES

FOR ALL ROCK TYPES 258

8. Hydrogeology
8.1. THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HYDROGEOLOGISTS 261

8.2. AUSTRALASIAN HYDROGEOLOGY AUTHORITIES 261

8.3. APPROXIMATE WATER SUPPLY REQUIREMENTS FOR HOMES AND

FARMS 263

8.4. INDMILL PUMPING CAPACITY 264

8.5. VOLUMES CO RRESPONDING TO STANDARD PIPE SIZES 264

8.6. GRAPH SHOWING FLOW FROM VARIOUS DIAMETER PIPES 265

8.7. FACTORS FOR CALCULATING VOLUME OF PARTIALLY FILLED

HORIZONTAL CIRCULAR TANKS 266

8.8. CONVERSION FACTORS FOR UNITS OF PRESSURE 266

8.9. CONVERSION FACTORS FOR PUMPING TEST UNITS 267

8.10. CIRCULAR ORIFICE METER DISCHARGE TABLE 269

8.11. RECTANGULAR AND V-NOTCH WEIR BOARD DISCHARGE TABLE 270

8.12. PRESSURE CORRESPONDING TO HEAD OF WATER 271

8.13. RECOMMENDED WELL DIAMETERS FOR VARIOUS PUMPING RATES 271

8.14. APPROXIMATE AIRLIFT CAPACITIES FOR AIRLIFT PUMPING 272

8.15. NOTES ON WATER SAMPLING 272

8.16. GUIDELINES FOR CHARACTERISTICS OF DRINKING WATER 277

8.17. RECOMMENDED STOCK WATER QUALITY 278

8.18. RECOMMENDED IRRIGATION WATER QUALITY 280

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9- Geophysics
9.1. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND CONVERSION FACTORS 283

9.2. GRAVITY SURVEYING METHODS AND TABLES 285

9.3. MAGNETIC SURVEY METHODS AND TABLES 288

9.4. ELECTROMAGNETIC, RESISTIVITY AND INDUCED POLARISATION

SURVEY METHODS AND TABLES 290

9.5. RADIOMETRIC SURVEYS AND TABLES 296

9.6. SEISMIC SURVEY METHODS AND DATA 300

9.7. DOWNHOLE SURVEY METHODS 300

9.8. AIRBORNE SURVEY METHODS 300

9.9. EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE AND INTENSITY 301

10. Drilling
10.1. DETERMINATION OF TRUE WIDTH FROM OBLIQUE DRILL HOLE

INTERSECTION 305

10.2. CALCULATION OF DRILL HOLE ELEVATIONS AND COORDINATES FROM

DOWNHOLE SURVEYS 307

10.3. CHECKLISTS FOR DRILL HOLE LOGGING 308

10.4. CORE ORIENTATION TECHNIQUES 308

11. Sampling, Analysis and Quality Control

11.1. ERRORS IN SAMPLE PREPARATION AND ANALYSIS 311

11.2. BEST ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR COMMON METALS/MINERALS/

COMPOUNDS 323

11.3. GENERAL PREFERRED SAMPLE MASS NOMOGRAM 331

11.4. GRAPHS OF PARTICLE SIZE AND PREFERRED SAMPLE MASS FOR GOLD

ASSAYS 332

12. Reporting
12.1. REQUIREMENTS FOR MINING COMPANY REPORTS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN

SECURITIES EXCHANGE 335

12.2. AUSTRALASIAN CODE FOR REPORTING OF EXPLORATION RESULTS,

MINERAL RESOURCES AND ORE RESERVES (THE JORC CODE)

2004 EDITION 338

13. Geometric and Surveying Data

13.1. MINING COORDINATE SYSTEMS -

MGA94 AND LOCAL GRID SYSTEMS 363

13.2. COORDINATE TRANSFORMATION 367

13.3. POSITIONING EQUIPMENT AND TECHNIQUES 371

13.4. CLASSICAL SURVEYING EQUIPMENT AND TECHNIQUES 374

13-5- CLASSICAL TACHYMETRY (STADIA) SURVEYS 382

13.6. COMPASS AND TAPE TRAVERSES 383

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 13.7- DIP AND FAULTS PROBLEMS 386

13.8. AIRPHOTO SCALE NOMOGRAM AND FORMULA 390

13.9. USEFUL MATHEMATICAL (SURVEYING) FORMULAE 392

14. Mathematical Tables and Conversion Factors

14.1. TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS 399

14.2. THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI) 402

14.3. RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR METRIC CONVERSION 403

14.4. CONVERSION FACTORS, IMPERIAL AND INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS 411

14.5. CONVERSION FACTORS FOR FOREIGN, RARE AND OBSOLETE WEIGHTS

AND MEASURES 416

14.6. COMPARISON TABLE OF USA, TYLER, CANADIAN, BRITISH, FRENCH

AND GERMAN STANDARD SIEVE SERIES 417

14.7. CONVERSION OF THE AREA OF A ONE MINUTE SQUARE TO SQUARE

KILOMETRES AND SQUARE MILES 419

14.8. FRACTIONAL SCALES AND IMPERIAL SYSTEM EQUD7ALENTS 421

14.9. FRACTIONAL SCALES AND UNIT PLAN AREAS 424

15. Resources, Templates and Further Reading

15.1. ADDRESSES OF AUSTRALASIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS AND

UNIVERSITIES WITH GEOSCIENCE DEPARTMENTS 427

15.2. SUPPLIERS OF GEOLOGICAL AND TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS AND AIR

PHOTOGRAPHS 429

15.3. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 432

15.4. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION LOGS (AND

INDUSTRY TERMINOLOGY) 447

15.5. RADIO ALPHABET (NATO AND AVIATION PHONETIC ALPABET) 450

15.6. TIME OF BEGINNING AND END OF DAYLIGHT FOR THE SOUTHERN

HEMISPHERE 451

15.7. SEVENTY YEAR CALENDAR 452

15.8. FIELD LOGGING SHEET TEMPLATE 456

15.9. ENGINEERING FIELD LOGGING SHEET TEMPLATE 457

15.10. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON WRITING GEOLOGICAL REPORTS 458

15.11. SELECTED REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 458

INDEX 469

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