2016-12-19_REVISION - M1980244 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: M1980244
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 12/19/2016
• Doc Name: Responses to DRMS ECOSA Stability Review Comments
• From: Newmont / CC&V
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: AM11
• Email Name: TC1
• Email Name: AME
• Email Name: ERR
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Knight Piesold Geotechnical Lab.
Test Readings for Specimen No. 1
No.
Horizontal
Def. Dial
in.
Load
Dial
Load
lbs.
Strain
%
Shear
Stress
psf
61 1.0752 7489.000 7489.0 13.4 19467
62 1.0973 7574.000 7574.0 13.7 19751
63 1.1204 7602.000 7602.0 14.0 19890
64 1.1429 7412.000 7412.0 14.3 19457
65 1.1429 7412.000 7412.0 14.3 19457
66 1.1656 7367.000 7367.0 14.6 19403
67 1.1884 7355.000 7355.0 14.9 19436
68 1.2106 7392.000 7392.0 15.1 19598
69 1.2257 7413.000 7413.0 15.3 19697
Parameters for Specimen No. 2
Specimen Parameter Initial Consolidated Final
Moisture content: Moist soil+tare, gms.8161.800 9392.000
Moisture content: Dry soil+tare, gms.8000.000 8000.000
Moisture content: Tare, gms. 0.000 0.000
Moisture, %2.0 17.4 17.4
Moist specimen weight, gms.8161.8
Side Length, in. 8.00 8.00
Area, in.²64.00 64.00
Height, in. 4.70 4.15
Net decrease in height, in. 0.55
Wet density, pcf 103.4 134.6
Dry density, pcf 101.3 114.7
Void ratio 0.6636 0.4699
Saturation, %8.2 100.0
Test Readings for Specimen No. 2
Normal stress = 10000 psf
Strain rate, in./min. = 0.01
Strength calculations use strain adjusted areas
Fail. Stress = 8514 psf at reading no. 49
No.
Horizontal
Def. Dial
in.
Load
Dial
Load
lbs.
Strain
%
Shear
Stress
psf
0 0.0000 9.000 0.0 0.0 0
1 0.0010 370.000 361.0 0.0 812
2 0.0178 521.000 512.0 0.2 1155
3 0.0265 618.000 609.0 0.3 1375
4 0.0353 701.000 692.0 0.4 1564
5 0.0442 765.000 756.0 0.6 1710
6 0.0511 812.000 803.0 0.6 1818
7 0.0600 863.000 854.0 0.8 1936
8 0.0668 898.000 889.0 0.8 2017
9 0.0761 941.000 932.0 1.0 2117
10 0.0852 981.000 972.0 1.1 2211
11 0.1029 1051.000 1042.0 1.3 2375
12 0.1185 1113.000 1104.0 1.5 2521
13 0.1339 1152.000 1143.0 1.7 2616
14 0.1519 1198.000 1189.0 1.9 2727