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...
noxious gas nozzle brick nozzleman NPN process NQ N rod bit N-truss nubber nuclear-assisted mining nuclear log nuclear magnetism log nuclear magnetometer...
now replaced by face conveyors. Syn: Barry mining. noumeite See: garnierite. novackite A monoclinic mineral, (Cu,Ag) (sub 21) As (sub 10) ; pseudotetragonal;...
The driving of narrow stalls to form coal pillars as the first stage in the pillar-and-stall method of working. b. A system of mining in which narrow...
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...
sulfide ores. A salt or ester of xanthic acid made of an alcohol, carbon disulfide, and an alkali. xanthiosite A monoclinic mineral, Ni (sub 3) (AsO (sub 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...
Trida, N.S.W. Australian cinnabar A variety of chrome red. authigene A mineral or rock constituent that was formed in place; e.g., a mineral of an igneous...
slight surficial contamination during mining and transport. inherent mineral matter The portion of the mineral matter of coal organically combined with the...