By Roger Marjoribanks
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In open-cut mines, most available rock surfaces are vertical or near-vertical; observations are thus best recorded onto sections and afterwards transferred to the standard level plans, a composite open-cut plan or mine sections. In underground mines, observations can be made on the walls, roofs and advancing faces of openings, and are then recorded and compiled onto a section or plan. These mapping techniques are detailed in subsequent sections. For surface mapping, suitable photography is often not available or is only available at too small a scale to permit photo enlargement for detailed mapping purposes.
Explorationists do not often make maps at these small scales. There are two reasons for this: firstly, this is the type of mapping undertaken by Geological Surveys and can often be bought off the shelf; secondly, 9 Hip-ChainTM is a reel of disposable, biodegradable cotton thread. As it reels from its spool, a meter records the length wound off, and hence the distance travelled. The thread is then simply broken and left on the ground. Other brand names for similar measuring instruments are FieldrangerTM , ChainmanTM and TopofilTM .
2 How the scale chosen affects the style and content of geological maps of the same area. Generalisation is required at all scales. There is no such thing as a “fact” map. However, the component of field observation is greatest in large-scale maps explorationists in most cases cannot obtain a sufficiently large tenement holding to make this kind of mapping worth while. Maps with intermediate-range scales between 1:25,000 and 1:5,000 can be described as detailed regional maps. These are appropriate scales for the firstpass mapping of large tenement holdings.