10 Results found for "Appendix:Dictionary_of_Mining,_Mineral,_and_Related_Terms/I".

Appendix:Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms

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...


Appendix:Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms/I/1

slight surficial contamination during mining and transport. inherent mineral matter The portion of the mineral matter of coal organically combined with the...


Appendix:Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms/H-I

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...


Appendix:Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms/M

temperature mining mining advancing mining camp mining captain mining case mining claim mining compass mining dial mining disaster mining disease mining district...


Appendix:Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms/M/4

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...


Appendix:Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms/I/2

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...


Appendix:Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms/O/1

contain a sufficient tonnage of amenable valuable mineral to justify the mining enterprise. The British Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, which regulates...


Appendix:Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms/M/1

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...


Appendix:Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms/M/3

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;...


Appendix:Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms/C/4

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...