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Slope stability accidents are one of the leading causes of destruction at open pit mining operations. Such interception of the seepage water results in the water inflow from the surrounding aquifer towards the mine excavations. In order to design an effective drainage scheme for an open pit mine, prediction of water inflow into the pit is essential. These changes have resulted in some failures and instability problems in different parts of Gol-E-Gohar iron open pit mine. It seems that main parameters which effect the failure and instability of the mine slopes are high pressure of groundwater and system of discontinuities (faults, joins, and bedding planes), which intersect the pit walls. The analysis results indicate that stability of the final pit slopes is sensitive to multi-planar failures and confined water in the walls pit is also a factor adversely affecting the stability. Problems associated with groundwater at the site were also assessed with the analyses of piezometric level and groundwater inflow.
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Moosavi, E., Shirinabadi, R. & Gholinejad, M. Prediction of seepage water pressure for slope stability at the Gol-E-Gohar open pit mine. J Min Sci 52, 1069–1079 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062739116061601
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