Rediseño de explotación para la cantera municipal perteneciente a la Parroquia Macas, en el Cantón Morona, provincia de Morona Santiago

Abstract

The objective of this work was to design the exploitation of stone materials in the Municipal Quarry from Upano River, located in the Macas parish, Morona canton, Morona Santiago province through the use of design software to the optimal exploitation of stone resources. Therefore, the study area was identified, a topographic survey of the sector was carried out and, with the support of the ArcGIS software, the location and modeling map was generated by Triangular Information Network (TIN). Also, the calculation of the total reserves of the mine and the reserves proposed to be exploited was carried out, since the project is adapted to the needs and capacities of the Autonomous Decentralized Government of the Municipality of Morona. In addition, information about previous studies carried out in the area was reviewed avoiding duplication of information, loss of time in the execution of the same job and continuing previous projects that suggested carrying out a quarry design at the same time. Once the necessary data had been collected, the design parameters required for the exploitation of aggregates and stones were calculated, such as depth of the exploitation trench of 1.6 m., angle of the trenches of 70°-80 °, a width of the trench of 20 m, and longitudinal advanced of the trench in 190m, South-North direction. It is concluded that it is feasible to extract the material in a relatively short time, since the replacement factor of the stone material from Upano River is high and this contributes to the channeling of the river. It is recommended to implement the use of drones to topographic surveys of grater magnitude.