Disclosed herein is a method of extracting alluvial deposit from an underground source beneath a rock layer, the method including: drilling a bore hole through the rock layer; extracting some of the alluvial deposit from beneath the rock layer to form an excavated 5 zone; lowering at least two components into the excavated zone, each component having an umbilical; assembling the at least two components into a remote operated vehicle (ROV); using the remote operating vehicle to mine the alluvial deposit and provide the mined alluvial deposit to the surface via at least one of the umbilicals.
Process for mining alluvial deposits
2019-06-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G01V Geophysik , GEOPHYSICS / B63C LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS , Zuwasserlassen, Trockenstellen, Docken oder Bergen von Schiffen / E02F Baggern , DREDGING / E21D SHAFTS , Schächte / E21F Sicherheitsvorrichtungen, Förderung, Auffüllen oder Bergversatz, Rettungswesen, Bewetterung oder Entwässerung in oder von Gruben oder Tunnels , SAFETY DEVICES, TRANSPORT, FILLING-UP, RESCUE, VENTILATION, OR DRAINAGE IN OR OF MINES OR TUNNELS / G01N Untersuchen oder Analysieren von Stoffen durch Bestimmen ihrer chemischen oder physikalischen Eigenschaften , INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES |