Given information:

a. There are three rock layers: rock E, F and G. During the formations of these rocks, no unconformities
happened between rock formations.

b. Drill hole 1 (DH1) is vertical. From the surface (rock E) 1,020 meters is drilled to reach rock F. Depth
of 1,300 meters, from the surface, is drilled to reach rock G.

c. Drill hole 2 (DH2) was drilled at an angle of 60 degrees. The bearing of the drill hole is N70W.
Along the hole, 980 meters was drilled to reach rock F. After reaching rock F, drilling was
discontinued.
d. The red + is a point outcrop boundary of rocks E and F at the surface.

Problem:

1. Determine the strike (bearing) of planar boundary of rocks E and F using the three-point problem
method given the information above and on the map. Show all the calculations necessary to determine
the strike of the boundary. 70 pts.

2. Determine the inclination and bearing of the dip of the rock E-F boundary. Show all the calculations
necessary to determine the dip of the boundary. 30 pts.

3. Draw the outcrop boundary. 95 pts.

4. Draw the cross-section along cross-section line C-D. Your cross-section must show the true dip of the
boundaries. 100 pts.

Step-by-step guide of Ate Narit’s Answer:

Step 1: Understanding the map and the given.

a. Determine the given values and the scaling; our scale here as shown on the map is 500 m.
Measured using a ruler, our scale is 500m is to 10cm.
b. Given the 3 layers (E, F, and G), we must find the true depth of each layer using the
depth of holes drilled to reach such layers.
c. For drill hole 1 or DH1, it is said that it was vertically (with no specific angle). On the
map, DH1 can be found on the 1600 elevation of the contour line. It is also said that it is
where rock layer E is located.

Rock E (surface)
for DH1

1600 elevation

d. In the case of DH2, it is shown on the map that it is located on the 2050 meter elevation
of the contour line. (It is 2050 since it is visible on the map that it is located in the
middle of both 2000 and 2100 elevation with 100 contour interval. Getting the median
value of the 2 elevations, 2000+2100= 4100/2= 2050m.

Rock E (surface)
for DH2

2050 elevation
e. Given that DH2 is drilled on the 2050 elevation, it was also drilled at 60 degree angle
from the surface rock layer E with drilling depth of 980m and bearing of N70W.

d. the red + is located at the elevation of 600 given that it is the outcrop boundary of
Rock E and F of each drill hole.

Step 2: Problem Solving

a. Write all the possible calculations
For problem #1

For finding the vertical distance (true depth) of Rock E to Rock F for DH1

For finding the true depth of point E to point F for DH2

 Given the values above you can draw initial lines to complete your three point problem
illustration

Draw line N70W Bearing using protractor and distance of point

F from DH 2 or Rock E which is 490m or 9.8cm using a ruler by
scaling, reaching point F (true depth which is 1201.2951m)
***this point drawn doesn’t necessarily indicate which part of
the elevation does the point belongs since it is drawn based on
the three point problem method. It is drawn based on how
long the line is measured by ruler).

N70W

F=1201.2951m (true depth)

Then, draw y connecting your DH1 to your Point F

which serves as its horizontal distance.
N70W

Bearing= N70W, X= 490m or 9.8cm, F=1201.2951m, Y= 570 m

or 11.4cm

2. To find the strike of our E-F boundary, we need to find the elevation (scaled value) that crosses or
projecting our horizontal distance between DH1 and Point F where our line which connects our DH1 and F
is y. We solve it by:

Then we draw and label:

 Given the values above you can draw initial lines to complete your three point problem
illustration

0.4cm

Z=600 (elevation of red +)

F=1201.2951m (true depth)

N70W

Completing the possible information needed to find the strike of the rock E-F boundary using the three
point problem, we draw a perpendicular line from where our point of rock boundary from DH1 meets
(Rock f)
 0.4cm

Z=600 (elevation of red +)

F=1201.2951m (true depth)

N70W

Measuring the strike using a protractor, use the intersecting point of the drawn perpendicular line of the
line of outcrop (red +) to DH1.

Therefore, the strike of the boundary (From point Outcrop to DH1) is N89◦W
#2 Problem. Determine the inclination and bearing of the dip of the rock E-F boundary. Show all the
calculations necessary to determine the dip of the boundary

a. To determine the bearing of the dip of the rock E-F boundary, we will use the measured bearing
(N89W) using the protractor. Then, subtract the right angle direction 90 to 89 to find the
direction of our dip in azimuthal and adding both to get its conventional trend.

Therefore, the bearing of our dip is 90-89= 1 ◦ (N1 ◦W) in the West of North Direction (Azimuthal)

And 90+89=179 ◦ (S179◦E) in the east of south direction (Conventional)

b. To determine the inclination of the rock E-F boundary, we can use the SOHCAHTOA to find its
angle given that our E and F boundary (from DH1 and DH2 based on the three point problem
method) intersects at point F at 1201.295m on the map. To find the true depth of the boundary,
we can use the perpendicular line that intersects our point outcrop to DH1.

To find its true depth, we subtract

1201.295m to z which is 600m.

So, we got

1201.295-600= 601.295 m
Perpendicular line.
T or by scaling, our depth or denoted as
“d” later in the map is 10.1cm.

Our true depth (d) given the value

provided can be calculated as

10𝑐𝑚 10𝑐𝑚
= = 505cm
500𝑚 500𝑚

So given the depth of 500m of our rock boundary, we use the TOA to find our inclination. Depicted
through a triangle for SOHCAHTOA, we get.

Therefore, our inclination of Rock E-F boundary is 50◦ N

(heading north)

505cm
Drawing of the map with label:
(N1 ◦W)

0.4cm

N89◦W
Z=600 (elevation of red +)
50◦ N

d=505cm
F=1201.2951m (true depth)

N70W

Problem #3 Draw the outcrop boundary.

To draw our outcrop boundary, we need the following to draw:

a) Bearing of our strike

Our strike is N89◦W

b) Interval of our structure contour by scale is computed by:

Or in other words, our elevation
contour line increment is by 100m.

Our scale is 10cm is to 500m

Therefore, dividing our outcrop

boundary depth with our scaled
measurement of our “d” and
multiplying our contour interval,
we get our structure contour
interval of 1.80 cm
 Putting everything in illustration,
2. Structure
contour
interval: 500
1.80 cm
using your 600
ruler

1. Strike: N89◦W 700

-bearing of the
strike will 800
determine the
900
direction of the
outcrop and 1000 3. Elevation per
thus which our contour interval
dash line will -elevation are
1100
follow for the based on what
1200 contour elevation
proceeding
the dash line is
dash lines
hitting
1300

1400

1500

1500 1500 5. Trace and connect all the

dotted line to show your
outcrop boundary

4. Put points where the dash

line and contour lines
intersects following to what
elevation it belongs.
Problem # 4 Draw the cross-section along cross-section line C-D. Your cross-section must show the
true dip of the boundaries.

To draw our cross section, we must locate where our cross section line can be found on the map.
Seeing our C, we can expand our line to the direction where our line is pointing which will create our
cross section line C-D . Our thick red line.

Rotating our map to draw our structure contour, we get the image below. Then, draw a line projecting
all the elevation of contour lines (to point out which line crosses our red colored cross section line to
show our outcrop and true dip direction). Note that the approximation of the scale is only 1 is to 500m
to show the cross section clearly. You can write and draw the elevation projection base on the structure
contour interval from problem no. 3 which is 1.8cm
 1. Draw these blue dash
lines you see are contour
lines that crosses our red
colored cross section line
and to what elevation on
the contour lines they
belong.

2. Put dots showing what

Ⱶ 50◦ elevation on the contour lines
3. Trace and this line elevations are
connect the Rock F projecting.
dots to Rock E
reveal the
cross section
boundary
5. To find our true dip, we must
find the inclination of our outcrop
boundary. In which, we calculated
6. Then, our Ⱶ 4. Locate the true dip to where
on problem 3 to be in 50 degree
inclination our cross section line hit the
angle heading north. Projecting
separates our outcrop boundary we draw on
through a line, and using a
outcrop that problem 3. Here we see that our
protractor, we draw it to what is
creates our E and cross section line hits this area.
shown above.
F boundaries We project our true dip by
creating a red dash line projecting
to which elevation it belongs.