| Site investigations may be necessary to confirm the presence of mineral (and its quality), to investigate geotechnical parameters and/or to install long term groundwater monitoring installations. The resulting data provides definitive information on a site. This data is then used to inform future works including resource estimations and quarry designs. Various methods of investigation are available depending on the site and the reason for the investigation including trial pitting and drilling by various methods (shell and auger, flight auger, rotary percussive, rotary coring). Services provided by ROCK OPTIONS in relation to site investigations include: |  |
- Organisation and design of site investigations for mineral, geotechnical and hydrogeological purposes.
- On-site supervision throughout the site investigation and specifying testing and installation details according to findings.
- Detailed geological and geotechnical core logging to Eurocode 7.
- Sampling for laboratory analysis and specification of laboratory tests.
- Production of sampling and results tables and graphic borehole logs.