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...
where actual minerals or other substances of value are known to occur. Also called cold noser. See also: wildcat. b. One who locates a mining claim far from...
that consists of a mixed variety of angular and unsorted or poorly sorted mineral and rock fragments, and of an abundant matrix of clay and fine silt; specif...
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...
soon becomes saturated and remains so throughout the ventilation circuit. b. Mining for salt and other water soluble minerals as brine rather than in...
contain a sufficient tonnage of amenable valuable mineral to justify the mining enterprise. The British Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, which regulates...
now replaced by face conveyors. Syn: Barry mining. noumeite See: garnierite. novackite A monoclinic mineral, (Cu,Ag) (sub 21) As (sub 10) ; pseudotetragonal;...
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...
("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...
the heavy iron and tungsten minerals (and associated minerals) found with placer cassiterite deposits. amarantite A triclinic mineral, Fe(SO (sub 4) )(OH)...