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...
slight surficial contamination during mining and transport. inherent mineral matter The portion of the mineral matter of coal organically combined with the...
drilling hard-rock geology hard-rock mine hard-rock miner hard rock minerals hard-rock mining hard-rock phosphate hard-rock tunnel boring hards hard seat hard...
temperature mining mining advancing mining camp mining captain mining case mining claim mining compass mining dial mining disaster mining disease mining district...
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...
Most iron formation is of Precambrian age. In mining usage, the term refers to a low-grade sedimentary iron ore with the iron mineral(s) segregated in bands...
contain a sufficient tonnage of amenable valuable mineral to justify the mining enterprise. The British Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, which regulates...
loading-machine runner. b. Machine loader I is used in anthracite coal mining, bituminous coal mining, and metal mining, to designate one who operates a small...
igneous rocks, containing between 60% and 100% dark minerals; i.e., rocks, the color index of which is between 60 and 100. CF: hypermelanic; leucocratic;...
days of mining in the Western United States following the gold rush of 1849, as an outgrowth of the desire of a prospector to develop a mineral deposit...