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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 ...
Electromagnetic surveys carried out with airborne instruments.
Industry:Mining
Electromagnetic waves in the wavelength between visible light rays and X-rays. Ultraviolet light furnishes a quick method of finding and identifying certain metals.
Industry:Mining
Electrostatic charge developed by rubbing amber, tourmaline, topaz, diamond, and some plastic imitations with a cloth.
Industry:Mining
Element that is generally distinguishable from nonmetallic elements by its luster, malleability, and electrical conductivity, and its usual ability to form positive ions.
Industry:Mining
Elemental sulfur produced from hydrogen sulfide obtained from sour natural gas, petroleum refinery gas, water gas, and other fuel gases.
Industry:Mining
Elemental sulfur that is 99.0% to 99.9% pure and is free from arsenic, selenium, and tellurium.
Industry:Mining
Elementary type of flotation cell in which air is entrained by a plunging cascade of pulp; mineralized bubbles are removed farther downstream.
Industry:Mining
Elements in the middle of the long periods of the periodic table. Usage varies, but most commonly the transition elements are taken to include those from scandium to zinc in the first long period, from yttrium to cadmium in the second, and from lanthanum to mercury (excluding the 14 rare-earth metals from cerium to lutecium) in the third.
Industry:Mining
