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...
oxides of manganese and silicates of zinc and lime. kalistrontite A trigonal mineral, K (sub 2) Sr(SO (sub 4) ) (sub 2) ; occurs in prisms and plates...
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...
contain a sufficient tonnage of amenable valuable mineral to justify the mining enterprise. The British Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, which regulates...
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;...
variety of calcite that contains manganese carbonate and is closely related to rhodochrosite. Syn: kutnohorite. manganolangbeinite An isometric mineral, K (sub...
dendriform; dendritic. arcanite An orthorhombic mineral, K (sub 2) SO (sub 4) . arc cutter A device consisting of a bit attached to knuckle-jointed rods used...
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...
plants, and post-mining areas. b. The area in which active mining takes place relative also to extraction of metal ores, industrial minerals, and other...
now replaced by face conveyors. Syn: Barry mining. noumeite See: garnierite. novackite A monoclinic mineral, (Cu,Ag) (sub 21) As (sub 10) ; pseudotetragonal;...