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
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Knight Piesold Geotechnical Lab.
Test Readings for Specimen No. 2
No.
Horizontal
Def. Dial
in.
Load
Dial
Load
lbs.
Strain
%
Shear
Stress
psf
62 1.0648 3880.000 3871.0 13.3 10047
63 1.0854 3905.000 3896.0 13.6 10142
64 1.1066 3927.000 3918.0 13.8 10231
65 1.1273 3923.000 3914.0 14.1 10251
66 1.1481 3939.000 3930.0 14.4 10324
67 1.1688 3930.000 3921.0 14.6 10332
68 1.1824 3937.000 3928.0 14.8 10371
69 1.2099 3950.000 3941.0 15.1 10447
Parameters for Specimen No. 3
Specimen Parameter Initial Consolidated Final
Moisture content: Moist soil+tare, gms.8161.800 9550.000
Moisture content: Dry soil+tare, gms.8000.000 8000.000
Moisture content: Tare, gms. 0.000 0.000
Moisture, %2.0 19.4 19.4
Moist specimen weight, gms.8161.8
Side Length, in. 8.00 8.00
Area, in.²64.00 64.00
Height, in. 4.70 4.30
Net decrease in height, in. 0.40
Wet density, pcf 103.4 132.2
Dry density, pcf 101.3 110.7
Void ratio 0.6636 0.5220
Saturation, %8.2 100.2
Test Readings for Specimen No. 3
Normal stress = 5000 psf
Strain rate, in./min. = 0.01
Strength calculations use strain adjusted areas
Fail. Stress = 5206 psf at reading no. 50
No.
Horizontal
Def. Dial
in.
Load
Dial
Load
lbs.
Strain
%
Shear
Stress
psf
0 0.0000 2.000 0.0 0.0 0
1 0.0102 224.000 222.0 0.1 500
2 0.0185 329.000 327.0 0.2 737
3 0.0274 401.000 399.0 0.3 901
4 0.0363 456.000 454.0 0.5 1026
5 0.0449 503.000 501.0 0.6 1134
6 0.0515 532.000 530.0 0.6 1200
7 0.0603 574.000 572.0 0.8 1297
8 0.0670 599.000 597.0 0.8 1355
9 0.0756 635.000 633.0 0.9 1438
10 0.0846 668.000 666.0 1.1 1515
11 0.1018 724.000 722.0 1.3 1645
12 0.1173 778.000 776.0 1.5 1772
13 0.1329 825.000 823.0 1.7 1883
14 0.1501 883.000 881.0 1.9 2020
15 0.1657 922.000 920.0 2.1 2114