Study of the Factors Governing Water Inflow into Deeply Buried Phosphate Deposits and Prediction of Water Inflow

Journal: Architecture Engineering and Science DOI: 10.32629/aes.v7i3.5441

Qingkui He

School of Resources and Safety Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei, China

Abstract

Deeply buried phosphate deposits face complex hydrogeological conditions and water-inrush risk. For Deposit A, with the Dengying Formation aquifer as immediate roof and sharing the same orebody as surrounding mines, water-inflow factors are analyzed. Fracture height, river leakage, and aquifer-level responses to surrounding drainage are evaluated. Well-interference test theory predicts -650 m inflows under normal and shutdown conditions; results are compared with analytical and analogy methods and validated by actual data. The Dengying aquifer is the main direct source, easily affected by surrounding mining; surface water and precipitation leak via faults, while vertical recharge is minor. Well-interference theory yields smaller errors and is applicable for deep phosphate mine inflow prediction.

Keywords

phosphate mine; water-inflow factors; water-inflow prediction

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