Peculiarities of drilling with air blowing of small diameter boreholes in moraine deposits of Tyrnyauz deposit

Abstract

Exploration of the Tyrnyauz deposit, carried out on the flanks mainly by means of mining and drilling operations, is complicated not only by specific features of the highlands, but mainly by thick (from 50 to 180 m) deluvial-moraine deposits. These sediments are represented by unconnected fragments of altered rocks of different hardness and abrasiveness: mudstones, siltstones, tuff-sandstones, granite-gneisses and hornblende of various compositions. In addition, on the northern slopes of the ridge there are widespread areas of permafrost, which makes the specifics of drilling operations close to the conditions of the Far North.