Friday, December 05, 2003 1:24:38 PM
Postulated Diamond Mine for NSDM in Ukraine!
Given – 115 diamonds in 17.5 meters depth of kimberlite with small core drill, site was down to check number.
Given – Volume of a cylinder = depth * pie * radius squared
Given – Granite Solid weighs 2691.1 kilograms per cubic meter, actually weighs more than kimberlite
Given – 1 inch = .0254 meters
Assume – Drill bit is 3” diameter & 1.5” radius = .0381 meter radius
Volume = 17.5 meters * pie * .0381 meter squared = .0798 cubic meter
Then, 2691.1 kilograms per cubic meters * .0798 cubic meter = 214.7498 kilograms sample of kimberlite
Assume - .0025291 carat per diamond, from Diamond Count Project
Then, 115 diamonds * .0025291 carat = .2908465 carats in NSDM sample
Given – One tonne = 1,000 kilograms
Then, 1,000 kilograms/214.7498 kilograms = x carats/.2908465 carats
Then, x carats = 1.3544 carats per tonne
Then, 135.44 carats per hundred tonnes
The, 135 cpht for NSDM existing core sample in Ukraine
That is just Great, Diamond Mines go as low as 30cpht with high dollar per carat, over a hundred dollars per carat.
He added, “By way of comparison, based on published information, it is noteworthy that the average grade of BHP-Billiton’s Ekati mine in the Canadian Northwest Territories is around 100 carats per one hundred tonnes and the average grade of De Beer’s controlled world-wide diamond reserves is 49.7 carats per one hundred tonnes.”
http://www.greatwesterngold.com/pressrel/jul02-2002nr.html
Put together by Dan Heilman, Copyrighted 2003.
Given – 115 diamonds in 17.5 meters depth of kimberlite with small core drill, site was down to check number.
Given – Volume of a cylinder = depth * pie * radius squared
Given – Granite Solid weighs 2691.1 kilograms per cubic meter, actually weighs more than kimberlite
Given – 1 inch = .0254 meters
Assume – Drill bit is 3” diameter & 1.5” radius = .0381 meter radius
Volume = 17.5 meters * pie * .0381 meter squared = .0798 cubic meter
Then, 2691.1 kilograms per cubic meters * .0798 cubic meter = 214.7498 kilograms sample of kimberlite
Assume - .0025291 carat per diamond, from Diamond Count Project
Then, 115 diamonds * .0025291 carat = .2908465 carats in NSDM sample
Given – One tonne = 1,000 kilograms
Then, 1,000 kilograms/214.7498 kilograms = x carats/.2908465 carats
Then, x carats = 1.3544 carats per tonne
Then, 135.44 carats per hundred tonnes
The, 135 cpht for NSDM existing core sample in Ukraine
That is just Great, Diamond Mines go as low as 30cpht with high dollar per carat, over a hundred dollars per carat.
He added, “By way of comparison, based on published information, it is noteworthy that the average grade of BHP-Billiton’s Ekati mine in the Canadian Northwest Territories is around 100 carats per one hundred tonnes and the average grade of De Beer’s controlled world-wide diamond reserves is 49.7 carats per one hundred tonnes.”
http://www.greatwesterngold.com/pressrel/jul02-2002nr.html
Put together by Dan Heilman, Copyrighted 2003.
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