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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/Q/1

document in which a mining company sells its surface rights but retains its mineral rights. quoin a. The keystone or a voussoir of an arch. b. A wedge...


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

associated with mining. CF: mining; mining engineering. �= ��Q ��Q M�� � � {�DICTIONARY TERMS:mining ground No land can be a mining claim unless No land...


Appendix:Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms/P-Q

pillar man pillar methods of working pillar mining system pillar recovery pillar road pillar robber pillar robbing pillar robbing and hand filling pillar split...


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

dimensions of bits, core barrels, and drill rods in the A-size and Q-series wireline diamond drilling system having a core diameter of 27 mm and a hole diameter...


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;...


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

("hyalo-") to names of volcanic rocks with a glassy texture, e.g., hyalobasalt. b. Said of a mineral that is amorphous. hyalite A variety of globular or botryoidal...


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

working and transport of the coal or mineral. The selection of mining methods and machines properly adapted to the local conditions is part of planning...


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

courses of valleys and rivers on the bedrock. Generally, the purest tin ore. See: stream tin. alluvial values In placer mining, the minerals recoverable...


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

parallel to a good cleavage, the luster resembling that of pearls. nacrite A monoclinic mineral, Al (sub 2) Si (sub 2) O (sub 5) (OH) (sub 4) ; kaolinite-serpentine...