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Single well-multiple cavity solution mining of an inclined structure

US4425003A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 4, 1981
Grant dateJan 10, 1984
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Expiry dateNov 4, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B43/305
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A method of solution mining a bed of soluble ore disposed in a sloping subterranean strata disposed beneath an insoluble stratum by developing contemporaneous multiple cavities through the same borehole.

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