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...
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...
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pillar man pillar methods of working pillar mining system pillar recovery pillar road pillar robber pillar robbing pillar robbing and hand filling pillar split...
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...
now replaced by face conveyors. Syn: Barry mining. noumeite See: garnierite. novackite A monoclinic mineral, (Cu,Ag) (sub 21) As (sub 10) ; pseudotetragonal;...
("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...
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...
courses of valleys and rivers on the bedrock. Generally, the purest tin ore. See: stream tin. alluvial values In placer mining, the minerals recoverable...
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...