Following is a list of terms contained in the former U.S. Bureau of Mines Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms, a publication in the public...
pertaining to granophyre. grant Eng. A tract of land leased or ceded for mining purposes. grantsite A monoclinic mineral, NaCa(V (super 5+) ,V (super 4+) ) (sub...
e.g., can provide a simultaneous consideration of geology, geophysics, geochemistry, and mineral deposits in a region for the purposes of mineral exploration...
valueless minerals in an ore; that part of an ore that is not economically desirable but cannot be avoided in mining. It is separated from the ore minerals during...
network of acute-angled triangles drawn between mutually visible points. c. A grated opening, as in a mining sieve. d. A network composed of two sets of uniformly...
portion of the public mineral lands that a miner, for mining purposes, takes hold of and possesses in accordance with mining laws. b. A mining claim is...
ferrohortonolite ferrohypersthene ferrolite ferromagnesian ferromagnesian mineral ferromagnetic material ferromagnetism ferromanganese ferromolybdenum ferrosalite...
contain a sufficient tonnage of amenable valuable mineral to justify the mining enterprise. The British Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, which regulates...
now replaced by face conveyors. Syn: Barry mining. noumeite See: garnierite. novackite A monoclinic mineral, (Cu,Ag) (sub 21) As (sub 10) ; pseudotetragonal;...
ore; assured mineral. development a. The preparation of a mining property or area so that an orebody can be analyzed and its tonnage and quality estimated...