Mineral drilling

Mineral drilling: core, assays and rig data on one hole.

Diamond core and RC programs produce rig telemetry, logging sheets and assays in different files and at different times. BoreWatch reads them into one hole view and keeps every hole of the program comparable.

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Diamond-core hole MA-B03 in BoreWatch: penetration rate, bit load, rotation, head torque and water flow beside Cu, Mo, Au and Ag assays, RQD and core recovery, lithology, alteration and ore minerals, with circulation-loss events in the monitor
What you see

One hole. Every file, on one depth.

The local engine sorts the files by well, builds the tracks and flags the events as new data arrives.

Grade beside the geology

Assay tracks on the same depth as lithology, alteration and recovery, hole by hole.

Ground conditions while drilling

Head torque, thrust and water-pressure changes flagged, shown beside RQD and recovery.

The whole program in 3D

Collars and downhole paths on the map and in 3D, any track coloured along the hole; compare 2 to 10 holes.

What it reads

The files you already get.

  • Diamond core and RC rig telemetry: penetration rate, thrust or bit load, rotation speed, head torque, water flow and pressure
  • Core logging: lithology, alteration and ore-system minerals (chalcopyrite, bornite, molybdenite, magnetite, sericite, biotite), RQD and core recovery
  • Assays (Au, Cu, Ag, Mo, in g/t, ppm or %), collars and downhole surveys

Drop them into one folder on the Windows computer that holds the data. Column names and units are recognised automatically; the engine works out the industry of each well from its own data.

Two exploration drill holes compared in BoreWatch: penetration rate, bit load, head torque and water pressure overlaid on depth, with lithology, alteration and losses side by side
2 to 10 holes of the program side by side: drilling response overlaid, geology and losses aligned.
Hand-off to your other software

No re-typing.

After every update the engine writes the files your modelling and log software imports: Leapfrog collar, survey, lithology and interval tables, one LAS 2.0 file per hole for WellCAD or Strater, and GeoJSON for QGIS or ArcGIS.

Your source files stay on your computer.

Only encrypted dashboard data is synced; we cannot read it.

How your data is protected →
  1. Start the free trial

    Sign-in details, license key and the installer arrive by email.

  2. Open the sample data

    A synthetic mineral drilling field is included, so you see it working at once.

  3. Add your own well

    Drop your files into the folder; the dashboard fills in.

Mineral drilling

Try it on your next well.

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