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...
of 0.6 in/ft (4.2 cm/m) is used by a number of manufacturers for taper pins, sockets, and shanks used on machine tools. jarosite A trigonal mineral,...
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...
local unconformity local vent local ventilation locatable minerals located location location and patent location notice location plan location survey location...
contain a sufficient tonnage of amenable valuable mineral to justify the mining enterprise. The British Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, which regulates...
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...
igneous rocks, containing between 60% and 100% dark minerals; i.e., rocks, the color index of which is between 60 and 100. CF: hypermelanic; leucocratic;...
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...
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...
220,500 kg.cal/t (736 to 923 kg.kJ/t), giving a heat efficiency of 73%. apomagmatic Said of a hydrothermal mineral deposit at an intermediate distance...