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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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clastic deformation
Mining; General mining
A process of metamorphism that involves the fracture, rupture, and rolling out of rock and mineral particles. In some instances, the crystal structure may be preserved, but the ...
mining retreating
Mining; General mining
A process of mining by which the ore, or coal, is untouched until after all the gangways, etc., are driven, when the work of extraction begins at the boundary and progresses ...
Adeline steelmaking process
Mining; General mining
A process of producing precision castings of steel or steel alloys, which comprises first forming the steel or steel alloy in molten form by the aluminothermic process, by ...
electromagnetic separation
Mining; General mining
A process of removing magnetic materials from relatively nonmagnetic materials, using electromagnets which travel along a conveyor, over a drum, or into a revolving screen.
calorizing
Mining; General mining
A process of rendering the surface of steel or iron resistant to oxidation by spraying the surface with aluminum and heating to a temperature of 800 to 1,000 degrees C.
magmatic corrosion
Mining; General mining
A process of re-solution in which an early formed phase, such a quartz phenocryst, later becomes corroded or embayed as the result of some change in the conditions affecting the ...
corrosion
Mining; General mining
A process of re-solution in which an early formed phase, such a quartz phenocryst, later becomes corroded or embayed as the result of some change in the conditions affecting the ...
Sub-categories
- Coal mining (40)
- Diamond mining (39)
- General mining (41978)
- Gold mining (103)
- Mineral mining (36958)
- Minerals (696)
- Mining tools (94)
- Space mining (40)