- 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 ...
Any photograph taken from the air, such as a photograph of a part of the Earth's surface taken by a camera mounted in an aircraft.
Industry:Mining
Any physical, recognizable form or feature of the Earth's surface, having a characteristic shape, and produced by natural causes; it includes major forms such as plain, plateau, and mountain, and minor forms such as hill, valley, slope, esker, and dune. Taken together, landforms make up the surface configuration of the Earth.
Industry:Mining
Any physical, recognizable form or feature of the Earth's surface, having a characteristic shape, and produced by natural causes; it includes major forms such as plain, plateau, and mountain, and minor forms such as hill, valley, slope, esker, and dune. Taken together, landforms make up the surface configuration of the Earth.
Industry:Mining
Any pin or plug inserted in a part to prevent play or motion in the part so fastened.
Industry:Mining
Any plane normal to one of the crystallographic axes in the isometric system having Miller indices 100 .
Industry:Mining
Any plane which divides a crystal, crystal structure, or crystal symmetry such that each side is a mirror reflection of the other. Represented as m or 2 and graphically as a solid or heavy line.
Industry:Mining
Any plane which divides a crystal, crystal structure, or crystal symmetry such that each side is a mirror reflection of the other. Represented as m or 2 and graphically as a solid or heavy line.
Industry:Mining
Any porous stone, such as sandstone, through which water is filtered.
Industry:Mining
