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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 ...
Finely divided mica recovered from mica and sericite schist and as a byproduct of feldspar and kaolin beneficiation.
Industry:Mining
Nonuniform settlement; the uneven lowering of different parts of an engineering structure, often resulting in damage to the structure.
Industry:Mining
Corn. The throwing up of ore from one platform to another successively.
Industry:Mining
One of a set of shelves or benches, from one to the other of which ore is thrown successively in raising it to the level above, or to the surface.
Industry:Mining
In a fault, the shift or relative displacement of the rock units parallel to the strike of the fault, but outside the fault zone itself; a partial syn. of strike slip.
Industry:Mining
In dredging, the line that holds the dredge up to its digging front. This line is anchored well ahead of the dredge pond or paddock and attached to a winch on the dredge. Lateral movement is controlled by sidelines similarly led from winches to land anchorages, usually two on each side.
Industry:Mining
