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

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/L/2

Lands Act of 1947, as amended. These Acts are found in Title 30 of the United States Code - Mineral Lands and Mining. The leasable minerals include oil...


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

lindackerite A monoclinic mineral, H (sub 2) Cu (sub 5) (AsO (sub 4) ) (sub 4) .8-9H (sub 2) O ; green; forms rosettes and reniform masses with one perfect...


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

rendered radioactive and thus traceable through a chemical process or a flow line. Also called tagged atom. labile Said of rocks and minerals that are mechanically...


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

mineral, (Mn,Zn) (sub 7) (CO (sub 3) ) (sub 2) (OH) (sub 10); soft; bluish white; at Franklin, NJ. losing iron See: furnace losing-the-iron. loss of vend...


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/J-L

local unconformity local vent local ventilation locatable minerals located location location and patent location notice location plan location survey location...


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/D/2

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...


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

now replaced by face conveyors. Syn: Barry mining. noumeite See: garnierite. novackite A monoclinic mineral, (Cu,Ag) (sub 21) As (sub 10) ; pseudotetragonal;...