stone. sartorite A monoclinic <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span>. PbAs (sub 2) <span class="searchmatch">S</span> (sub 4) ; metallic; dark gray; conchoidal fracture; in sugary dolomite <span class="searchmatch">of</span> the Binnental at Lengenbach...
Following is a list <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">terms</span> contained in the former U.<span class="searchmatch">S</span>. Bureau <span class="searchmatch">of</span> Mines <span class="searchmatch">Dictionary</span> <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">Mining</span>, <span class="searchmatch">Mineral</span>, <span class="searchmatch">and</span> <span class="searchmatch">Related</span> <span class="searchmatch">Terms</span>, a publication in the public...
miargyrite A monoclinic <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span>, AgSb<span class="searchmatch">S</span> (sub 2) ; soft; metallic; in low-temperature hydrothermal veins; an ore <span class="searchmatch">of</span> silver. miarolite A granite having miarolitic...
contain a sufficient tonnage <span class="searchmatch">of</span> amenable valuable <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span> to justify the <span class="searchmatch">mining</span> enterprise. The British Institution <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">Mining</span> <span class="searchmatch">and</span> Metallurgy, which regulates...
the rotating vanes <span class="searchmatch">and</span> after an interval <span class="searchmatch">of</span> <span class="searchmatch">1</span> min disengages it. See also: anemometer. seligmannite An orthorhombic <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span>, CuPbAs<span class="searchmatch">S</span> (sub 3) , with As...
plants, <span class="searchmatch">and</span> post-<span class="searchmatch">mining</span> areas. b. The area in which active <span class="searchmatch">mining</span> takes place relative also to extraction <span class="searchmatch">of</span> metal ores, industrial <span class="searchmatch">minerals</span>, <span class="searchmatch">and</span> other...
orthorhombic <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span>, Sb (sub 2) <span class="searchmatch">S</span> (sub 3) ; dimorphous with metastibnite; soft; metallic; may contain gold <span class="searchmatch">and</span> silver; occurs in massive forms <span class="searchmatch">and</span> in vertically...
slight surficial contamination during <span class="searchmatch">mining</span> <span class="searchmatch">and</span> transport. inherent <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span> matter The portion <span class="searchmatch">of</span> the <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span> matter <span class="searchmatch">of</span> coal organically combined with the...
coal seam or <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span> deposit as a result <span class="searchmatch">of</span> its removal by <span class="searchmatch">mining</span> operations. The subsidence break usually extends from the face upward <span class="searchmatch">and</span> backward over...
pachnolite A monoclinic <span class="searchmatch">mineral</span>, NaCaAlF (sub 6) .H (sub 2) O ; white; distinct cleavage; dimorphous with thomsenolite; an alteration <span class="searchmatch">of</span> cryolite. Pachuca tank...