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West Virginia Abandoned Mine

Slope Stability - West Virginia Abandoned Mine 2006

TECCO® stabilized masonry block wall

Slope Stability - West Virginia Abandoned Mine 2006

Failed masonary-block wall prior to reconstruction

Slope Stability - West Virginia Abandoned Mine 2006

Mine refuse slope prior to stabilization

Slope Stability - West Virginia Abandoned Mine 2006

Drilling anchors

Slope Stability - West Virginia Abandoned Mine 2006

TECCO® Slope Stabilization

 
 

Year of installation

2006

Initial situation

Prior to the 1977 Surface Mining Act, coal refuse was dumped along the sides of hill slopes or into hollows without compaction or attention to drainage control or erosion. Over time, these slopes can significantly displace and fail. At an abandoned mine lands site in West Virginia, there was an unstable slope consisting of mine refuse and also a masonry stone block wall that was failing.

Subsoil:
Basalt
Residual soil/coluvium

Geology

mine refuse

Description

Today, anchored TECCO G65-3mm mesh stabilizes the unstable mine refuse slope and the stone wall. The anchors were installed through the failing wall into the stable surface.

Customer

WV Department of Environmental Protection

Contractor

Green Mountain Construction

Protected object

Road, Mine / Quarry

Corrosion protection

GEOBRUGG SUPERCOATING

Engineering

Ackenheil Engineering

Other installed applications

Underground & Open Pit Mining

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Roger Moor
   

Roger Moor

Country Manager Ost- und Zentralschweiz, Liechtenstein

Natural Hazards
Hydraulic Engineering
Mining / Tunnels
Geobrugg AG,Aachstrasse 11,8590 Romanshorn / Switzerland Country Manager Ost- und Zentralschweiz, Liechtenstein

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René Müller
   

René Müller

Country Manager Kantone AG BE BL BS FR GE JU NE SO VD VS

Natural Hazards
Hydraulic Engineering
Mining / Tunnels
Geobrugg AG,Industriestrasse 21,5200 Brugg / Switzerland Country Manager Kantone AG BE BL BS FR GE JU NE SO VD VS

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Alexander Bittendorfer
   

Alexander Bittendorfer

Project Manager Inspection Services

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Geobrugg AG,Aachstrasse 11,8590 Romanshorn / Switzerland Project Manager Inspection Services

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Isacco Toffoletto
   

Isacco Toffoletto

Ticino Country Manager

Natural Hazards
Hydraulic Engineering
Mining / Tunnels
Geobrugg AG Ticino,Stabile Cometal, via Pizzante 7,6595 Riazzino / Switzerland Ticino Country Manager

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