Research Article

Study on Roof-Coal Caving Characteristics with Complicated Structure by Fully Mechanized Caving Mining

Table 9

Coal seam roof and bottom conditions on N101 working face.

Roof and bottom nameRock nameThickness (m)Lithologic characteristics

Basic roofSandstone10.91Gray siltstone, deep gray mudstone with gray and white coarse sand layer
Immediate roofMudstone coal rock interbedding1.57Grayish white coarse sandstone with dark mudstone, muddy cement, loose
False roofMudstone1.07Dark gray, gray-black mudstone with a thin layer of mudstone in the lower middle
Direct bottomMudstone1.29Black thick mudstone
Previous bottomMudstone4.9Gray-black, brown-gray mudstone, lump