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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 electrical method in which a potential field caused by spontaneous electrochemical phenomena is measured.
Industry:Mining
An electrical method in which a potential field caused by spontaneous electrochemical phenomena is measured.
Industry:Mining
An electrical network, the frequency response of which is identical to that of a quartz oscillator plate.
Industry:Mining
An electrical potential that is caused by movement of fluids through porous formations.
Industry:Mining
An electrical potential that is caused by movement of fluids through porous formations.
Industry:Mining
An electrical potential that is caused by movement of fluids through porous formations.
Industry:Mining
An electrical prospecting method using equipotential lines or curves in prospecting for orebodies. In the parallel wire method, two bare copper wires about 3,000 ft (915 m) long, placed about 2,000 ft (610 m) or more apart, are used as electrodes. Current is supplied from the generator, and the electrodes are connected to the ground at 100 ft (30 2249 m) intervals by iron grounding pins. Equipotential lines are located by two electrodes or wooden rods, to one end of which are fastened metal spikes about 6 to 7 in (15 to 18 cm) long. The electrodes are connected by some 150 ft (46 m) of wire that runs down the rods to the spikes. If a head telephone is placed in the circuit, the absence of sound in the telephone indicates that the two electrodes are at the same potential. By this method, the equipotential lines can be traced.
Industry:Mining
An electrical resistor made of a material whose resistance varies sharply in a known manner with the temperature. Thermistors are commonly used for shipboard oceanographic temperature measurements because of their percentage response to unit temperature change and their great sensitivity.
Industry:Mining
An electrical stable gravimeter with a moving system suspended on a pair of bowed springs. The moving system carries electrical condenser plates at each end, one to measure the position of the moving system, the other to apply a balancing force to bring the system to a fixed position.
Industry:Mining
An electrical stable gravimeter with a moving system suspended on a pair of bowed springs. The moving system carries electrical condenser plates at each end, one to measure the position of the moving system, the other to apply a balancing force to bring the system to a fixed position.
Industry:Mining
