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DATE: September 10, 2018

TO: Roger Acme, ACME Construction


CC: Engineering team of Acme Construction
FROM: Abhishek Ray, Student
Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, SDSM&T
SUBJECT: Analysis of Rock Core from Site for One Lane Highway Tunnel

This document serves the purpose of notifying ACME Construction of the findings from the rock
cores collected from the test site as a pre-construction analysis for the one lane highway.

Majority of the rocks samples are highly fresh and are not subjected to heightened weathering
or the quality of the supporting mass around the tunnel. Nature of rocks found in the samples
were rhyolite, schist, phyllite and sandstone. The texture on them ranged from well foliated in
the schist to fine grained in the sandstone. We have great confidence in the stability of the
rocks in general as they were hard but not brittle. The average RQD of 90% is the proof of that.
There are several changes of facies or rock type from sandstone to darker schist conglomerate
to some rhyolite and finally some sandstone at the bottom of the collected core.

The weaker joints showed some presence of mineralization on the joints of the cores on couple
of occasions at 24 ft. and 37 ft (pyrite and quartz). We would suggest avoiding these depths for
the construction of the tunnel. Looking at the natural fractures at around 40-44 ft. of depth, we
would recommend running a packer test at that depth. If the results turn out to be unfavorable,
it must be grouted. By looking at the nature of the cores, we would also suggest that the tunnel
is made from 5 ft. to 11 ft. under the surface because it was there that we saw the least
anomalies in the cores with relatively decent hardness of 6.5. This would also help with the
cutting cost down due to the shallowness of the tunnel. The central section of the schist
conglomerate is what you should aim for because they would be the best choice than the
sandstone or rhyolitic rocks at the extreme top and the bottom.

Please do let me know if you have further questions about the results and the
recommendations. You could reach me at abhishek.ray@mines.sdsmt.edu or (605)-239-3432.

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