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Appendix:Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms/S/8

of loose soils or strata to increase their load-bearing capacity. solution mining a. The in-place dissolution of water-soluble mineral components of an...

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...

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miargyrite A monoclinic mineral, AgSbS (sub 2) ; soft; metallic; in low-temperature hydrothermal veins; an ore of silver. miarolite A granite having miarolitic...

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orthorhombic mineral, Sb (sub 2) S (sub 3) ; dimorphous with metastibnite; soft; metallic; may contain gold and silver; occurs in massive forms and in vertically...

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formerly as pit coal or earth coal. c. U.S. Rare. Soft coal as distinguished from anthracite. d. Archaic. Mineral coal. e. Pulverized bituminous coal used...

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coal seam or mineral deposit as a result of its removal by mining operations. The subsidence break usually extends from the face upward and backward over...

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contain a sufficient tonnage of amenable valuable mineral to justify the mining enterprise. The British Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, which regulates...

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monoclinic mineral, 8[FeAsS] ; pseudo-orthorhombic, prismatic, and metallic silver-white to steel gray; the most common arsenic mineral and principal ore of arsenic;...

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deliquescent cubic mineral, MnCl (sub 2) . b. A name applied to various minerals, including monticellite, a doubtful selenide of lead, and a brick-red powdery...

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mirabilite A monoclinic mineral, Na (sub 2) SO (sub 4) .10H (sub 2) O ; one perfect cleavage; tastes cool, then saline and bitter; in evaporite deposits...