- 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 ...
An arborescent variety of aragonite occurring in delicate white coralloid masses that commonly encrust hematite, forming picturesque snow-white pendants and branches.
Industry:Mining
An arch hinged at its abutments and at its crown with the advantage that each half can sink in relation to the other without damaging the arch.
Industry:Mining
An area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea, subject to the specific legal regime established in Part V, Articles 55-75 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, under which the rights and jurisdiction of the coastal State and the rights and freedoms of other States are governed by the relevant provisions of the Convention. Abbrev. EEZ. EEZ resources rights include both living and non-living resources of the subsoil and superjacent water of the zone. The EEZ will not extend beyond 200 nmi (364 km) from the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured. Compare: continental shelf
Industry:Mining
An area divided by intersecting faults into blocks that have settled in varying degrees.
Industry:Mining
An area in which boreholes have been placed at the intersections of equally spaced parallel lines laid out on a square grid or checkerboard pattern.
Industry:Mining
An area in which it has not been established by drilling operations whether oil and/or gas may be found in commercial quantities.
Industry:Mining
An area into which grout has been injected to form a barrier around an excavation or under a dam through which ground water cannot seep or flow.
Industry:Mining
