Pomalaa Tailings Storage Facilities

Supporting Report III-1 Geological Analysis

CHAPTER 3. GEOLOGICAL CONDITION OF PROJECT AREA

3.1 GEOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF STUDY AREA

3.1.1 Geological Succession of Study Area
This study uses the geological succession shown in Table 3.1.1 from the geological condition
examined by field and drilling surveys.
Table 3.1.1 Geological Succession Table in this study
Geological
Age Sub-Unit Facies Geotechnical Detail
Unit
Artificial

Present

buried / distributes along the road with in-situ materials

Soils

b
embankment soil like gravelly soils

unconsolidated gravelly soils along the river

bed, some part constructs terrace-like form
River bed

Holocene

r-g gravel
deposit

cemented by reaction with Serpentinite is

named as r-cg
unconsolidated gravelly soils at the bottom of
r-dt colluvium, debris
the slope and along small scale stream
Sedimentary

unconsolidated gravelly soils at the surface of

unknown
deposit

gravel, sand, silt, the quarry and sub-dam area

Sd-g
clay distinctively containing metamorphic rock
source well rounded gravels
Sedimentary

conglomerate, consolidated sedimentary rocks with nearly

Tertiary
Tertiary

mudstone, vertical bedding plane

Rock

T
sandstone, distributes at around sub-dam area connecting
limestone by fault with Serpentinites
hardly weathered hard weathered potion at surface of
w
potion Serpentinite consisted by gravel and soils
most hard potion of Serpentinite consisted by
massive and
P-1 fresh minerals of peridotite
unaltered
most of cracks are closed without weathering

hard potion of Serpentinite consisted by fresh

cracky and
P-2 minerals of peridotite and calcareous veins
unaltered
cracks are dominant and closed
main portion of Serpentinite consisted with
Serpentinite

Cretaceous

altered minerals like serpentine

P-3 brecciated many cracks fracturing rock body softer than
original hardness
weathering parts often distributes along cracks
sheared potion of serpentinite with
sheared and consolidated matrix and fractured fragments
P-4
matrix supported distributes thin layer or vein-like shape
abundant at water regulating dam site
sheared potion of serpentinite with
unconsolidated matrix like clay and fractured
P-5 sheared with clay fragments
distributes vein-like shape
abundant structure is NW-SE and E-W strike

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