Plotting Borehole Locations for Deviated Boreholes in GEOVIA Minex

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We recently released Minex 6.5.3, which provides 30 user-requested updates to improve productivity and user experience. These improvements include:

  • Stability and performance improvements to core, borehole, dump scheduling, seam modelling, Open pit, and underground
  • Improved predictive text feature providing a better user experience on string create form
  • Improved Grid compute function when estimating by ordinary kriging
  • Usability improvement on Grid manipulation when selecting a pre-existing grid prior to save
  • New report field in UG schedule detailed report, displaying average seam thickness for each panel that has multiple seams
  • Geostatistics updated to version 6.8
  • A new version of Network License Manager

Minex 6.5.3 is provided complimentary as part of the GEOVIA Maintenance and Support Program subscription and can be downloaded through from the 3DS Support Site. Click here for instructions.

As part of these improvements, Minex is also able to plot borehole locations at seam for deviated boreholes.

  1. To do this, go to Mounts > Plan > Borehole locations to bring up the Borehole Plan Locations dialog box.
  2. Select the option Single Seam. Selecting a seam will enable Minex to plot the position of a borehole at the selected seam. If you select the option Multi-Seam, it will plot the location at Collar position.

3. For Underground mines, you will need to submit the plans with boreholes at working seam positions for statutory permissions. You can customize the Borehole Symbol by going to the Plot symbols drop-down menu.

4. The below screenshot illustrates what it should look like after borehole locations are plotted at seam position.

Please note that this function is only available in Minex 6.5.3 onwards.

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Ajay Reddy

Ajay Reddy

Senior Industry Process Consultant, Mining at Dassault Systèmes
Ajay Reddy is a qualified Geologist with over 24 years of experience in coal exploration, mining and resources estimation. He has previously worked for one of the largest Indian coal exploration and mining companies, Singareni Collieries, and TATA Steel. Based in Brisbane, Australia, Ajay specializes in GEOVIA Minex and Surpac.