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Field Lab Setup. Or dealing with “Don’t worry, he’ll figure it out.”, when you are the He. Field Lab Problems. Old, limited computer (WYSIWYG) No Internet New XRF tool Rotating field lab technicians “SOP?, that’s in the SOP?”. Tool Needs. Automatic custom EDD importing
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Field Lab Setup Or dealing with “Don’t worry, he’ll figure it out.”, when you are the He.
Field Lab Problems Old, limited computer (WYSIWYG) No Internet New XRF tool Rotating field lab technicians “SOP?, that’s in the SOP?”
Tool Needs • Automatic custom EDD importing • Automatic dig decisions, based on: • Average of XRF readings • XRF readings • Average of XRF readings/lab results • XRF readings/lab results • Sample tracking • Limited sample info edits (if they can’t touch it they can’t break it)
Export Needs • Instant XRF based dig decisions • Daily exports for large exceedances • Monthly exports of XRF readings and lab results (trump and maximum) • Property exports of XRF readings and lab results
Great, so . . . How did we do it?
DB Entry • Data Manager creates houses, DUs, locations, and samples (pretty boring stuff here, not going to bore you)
Sample Tracking Lab tech puts in field data
XRFing & Processing We want to see if a given DU should be dug down Z or Z + a bit, so we start at the bottom After XRFing all of one depth we check
Sample Analysis What’s up, doc?
Dig Decision • XRF is all well and good what is the decision? • The DDT only calculates a dig decision when all samples were available.
Thank you John Digweed and Iain Allen of Barrick Gold Corporation
Any Questions? Patrick Gibbons SAIC, Bothell patrick.gibbons@saic.com 206-714-7353