Maxwelton GeoSolutions specializes in the following service offerings:

Microgravity
Maxwelton GeoSolutions specializes in offering gravity surveys for subsurface exploration, using the very latest in technology. Microgravity is applicable in a number of scenarios. Some of our clients have included: Airports, Quarries, Mines, State Parks, Schools, and Cities and Municipalities. This service can be used to:

Before submitting a proposal, we sometimes like to visit the potential project site to better understand the job requirements and limitations. Once we have a good handle on the project and the proposal is accepted, we will send our survey crew to your site to survey and collect data. Once the data is collected, it is processed and the output can be presented in a variety of formats. The data can also be correlated with other geophysical data to provide even more information about the project site. In addition to gravity surveys, we can also arrange for resistivity surveys to be conducted at a site, and provide site assessments for a variety of geologic settings. To find out how Maxwelton GeoSolutions can help you, please contact us.

Water Quality Sampling
Maxwelton GeoSolutions is pleased to offer water quality sampling to its clients. Water quality sampling is often required by most businesses that contain injection wells on their property. The testing monitors the water that is permitted to enter the ground. There are a number of tests that can be required, so we will need to see the information sent to you by the Department of Environmental Protection (or your state’s equivalent) to determine what samples will need to be collected. Prices vary depending on tests needed. Contact us for more details.

Resistivity
Resistivity modeling can be extremely valuable in a number of geologic settings, and in some instances, is a wonderful tool to use with a microgravity survey. Maxwelton GeoSolutions can arrange for the use of resistivity or ground penetrating radar at your project site. Contact us for more information on these services and how they can help your project.

Dye Tracing
Maxwelton GeoSolutions can also perform dye traces to fill the needs of your project. Please contact us for scheduling and a price quote. Dye tracing services include:

Rock Removal
Often times during construction projects there will be a large rock that is too large to move conventionally, but yet, not large enough to warrant the need for heavy machinery. Maxwelton GeoSolutions offers a service that can remove unwanted rocks from driveways, roads, fields, construction sites, hiking trails, as well as larger rocks that can block conveyors at quarries. We will even show you how we do it so that if you wanted to purchase the equipment, you will be able to remove those rocks on your own in the future. We do sell the equipment, as well. Contact us for further details.

Void Detection for Well Drillers
Drilling a well in a karst region can be expensive for both the landowner and the driller. It would be possible to reduce some of the risks involved in drilling if the driller was able to accurately predict whether there was a cave or mine void located at the location the or the landowner would like to drill a well. It is now possible to provide some of that knowledge. Maxwelton GeoSolutions, LTD has a special “Driller’s Void Report” that can save time and drastically reduce the fear a driller may have of hitting a void while drilling, which can result in costly monetary losses for the driller. The landowner can also benefit by potentially having a better idea of how much of this new well may need to be cased. Although no geophysical method can be absolutely perfect in locating a void, microgravity comes the closest compared to all other affordable methods.

The Driller’s Void Report is designed to efficiently and economically test a potential new well site for the existence of a cave or mine void. This package includes a half-day microgravity survey in most cases and can accurately estimate the location of a void, and in some cases can help determine what the size and depth might be. This package will include a short report once the fieldwork is complete, and the final product can usually be delivered within two days of completing the field work. The cost for the Driller’s Void Report is $400.00, plus any applicable taxes. Depending on your distance from Greenbrier County, WV, there maybe a small mobilization fee as well. Please call or email for a quote and more information.

Visit our case study about Maxwelton Sink Cave to see an example of where Microgravity was used to locate a void that was verified by drilling.