EW1 AYR SHAFT | ENCOUNTERING OF SHEAR

ZONE DURING SHAFT EXCAVATION…

EW1 | Shaft Locations…

North Bouva
Vista Shaft

Holland Shaft

Ayer Rajah
Shaft
 North
→

19.5m-50m
(Tuff)

23.5m-44m 25m-35m (Tuff)

(Tuff) followed followed by
by Siltstone Siltstone
(Queenstown) (Queenstown)
Detected Shear Detected Shear
Zone at 35- Zone at 35-
35.5m depth!! 35.5m depth!!

25m-51m
Siltstone
 Discontinuity orientation relative to adit at AYR shaft…

PLAN

RED SILTSTOEN META TUFF RED SILSTONE

SHEAR ZONE
(FAULT)

SHEAR ZONE
(FAULT)
 Discontinuity orientation relative to adit at AYR shaft…

PLAN

RED SILTSTOEN META TUFF RED SILSTONE

SHEAR ZONE
(FAULT)

SHEAR ZONE
(FAULT)
Discontinuity orientation relative to adit at AYR shaft…

+ Joints are sealed and tight but blasting may affect the tightness.
Shaft location with geological map…
Shaft location with geological map…

Not to scale
 North

70◦
View A
View B

Shear Zone

Tanglin
Adit (One North Trust
Crescent) School
 P108
P109 [Looking P107
West]

1.5m
70◦

Sandstone Brecciated/crushed rocks

(Meta tuff rock) zone
Containing clay Red Siltstone

View A
 Eastern continuation of shear zone
P116
[Looking
East]

600mm

Red Siltstone Meta tuff

rock

View B
General view for contact of Tengah Facies and Queenstown Facies…

Heavily-jointed Sandstone Condition of Siltstone

(S-II/III) – Ice-cube effect… (Queenstown Facies)….
 P110
P109
P111
1.5m

View of shear zone during Adit (top heading) excavation…

Overall view of shear zone recorded inside the shaft and adit excavation…