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Mining
Of or pertaining to the process or business of extracting materials, such as ore or minerals, from the earth's crust.
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amalgamation process
Mining; General mining
A process of gold or silver recovery in which the ore, finely divided and suspended in water, is passed over a surface of liquid mercury to form an amalgam that is subjected to ...
amalgam treatment
Mining; General mining
A process of gold or silver recovery in which the ore, finely divided and suspended in water, is passed over a surface of liquid mercury to form an amalgam that is subjected to ...
greisenization
Mining; General mining
A process of hydrothermal alteration in which feldspar and muscovite are converted to an aggregate of quartz, topaz, tourmaline, and lepidolite (i.e., greisen) by the action of ...
gas streaming
Mining; General mining
A process of magmatic differentiation involving the formation of a gaseous phase, usually during a late stage in consolidation of the magma, that results in partial expulsion, by ...
filter pressing
Mining; General mining
A process of magmatic differentiation wherein a magma, having crystallized to a mush of interlocking crystals in liquid, is compressed by Earth movements and the liquid 1196 moves ...
filtration differentiation
Mining; General mining
A process of magmatic differentiation wherein a magma, having crystallized to a mush of interlocking crystals in liquid, is compressed by Earth movements and the liquid 1196 moves ...
magmatic stoping
Mining; General mining
A process of magmatic emplacement or intrusion that involves detaching and engulfing pieces of the country rock. The engulfed material presumably sinks downward and/or is ...
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- Coal mining (40)
- Diamond mining (39)
- General mining (41978)
- Gold mining (103)
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- Space mining (40)