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...
clausthalite with umangite. Z reagent Any of the Dow series of xanthate flotation reagents. zunyite An isometric mineral, Al (sub 13) Si (sub 5) O (sub...
A mixture of strontianite and calcite. mica a. A group of phyllosilicate minerals having the general composition, X (sub 2) Y (sub 4-6) Z (sub 8) O (sub...
unconformity unconsolidated strata unconsolidated surface deposits unconventional mineral deposit unctuous uncut undation theory under underboom sprays underbreak...
sulfide ores. A salt or ester of xanthic acid made of an alcohol, carbon disulfide, and an alkali. xanthiosite A monoclinic mineral, Ni (sub 3) (AsO (sub 4)...
contain a sufficient tonnage of amenable valuable mineral to justify the mining enterprise. The British Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, which regulates...
coal mining, bituminous coal mining, and metal mining, to designate one who operates a loading machine consisting of a small hoisting engine and a cable-drawn...
days of mining in the Western United States following the gold rush of 1849, as an outgrowth of the desire of a prospector to develop a mineral deposit...
amphibole A mineral group; characterized by double chains of silica tetrahedra having the composition A (sub 0-1) B (sub 2) Y (sub 5) Z (sub 8) O (sub...
and subject to occupation and purchase under the mining laws. pucherite An orthorhombic mineral, BiVO (sub 4) ; trimorphous with clinobisvanite and dreyerite;...