- Industry: Mining
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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
A lateral or vertical variation in the lithologic or paleontologic characteristics of contemporaneous sedimentary deposits. It is caused by, or reflects, a change in the depositional environment.
Industry:Mining
A laterally or vertically displaced, rather than indigenous, iron-oxide zone. It may be confused with the iron oxide of a gossan, which is weathered from underlying sulfide deposits.
Industry:Mining
A launder used for cleaning buckwheat, rice, and barley sizes of anthracite. It has three distinguishing features: (1) a mixing tank at the head end of the machine, (2) a baffle in the bottom of the machine next to the mixing tank to facilitate the stratification of the solids in specific gravity layers, and (3) the use of a screen and bed of slate in the free discharge boxes.
Industry:Mining
A law stating that every part of an electric circuit is acted upon by a force tending to move it in such a direction as to enclose the maximum amount of magnetic flux.
Industry:Mining
A layer of a soil that is distinguishable from adjacent layers by characteristic physical properties, such as structure, color, or texture, or by chemical composition, including content of organic matter or degree of acidity or alkalinity. Soil horizons are generally designated by a capital letter, with or without a numerical annotation, e.g. A horizon, A2 horizon.
Industry:Mining
A layer of a soil that is distinguishable from adjacent layers by characteristic physical properties, such as structure, color, or texture, or by chemical composition, including content of organic matter or degree of acidity or alkalinity. Soil horizons are generally designated by a capital letter, with or without a numerical annotation, e.g. A horizon, A2 horizon.
Industry:Mining
