- 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 ...
A pinacoid of two parallel faces that intersect only the c crystallographic axis.
Industry:Mining
A pinacoid of two parallel faces that intersect only the c crystallographic axis.
Industry:Mining
A pinkish-white native alloy of bismuth and gold, approx. Au<sub>2</sub>Bi ; contains 65.5% gold. See: maldonite
Industry:Mining
A pin-thread heavy-bodied coupling provided with a swivel-mounted eye in the end opposite the pin-thread end. When attached to the hook on the drill-hoist line, the pinthread end can be screwed into the rods to hoist and otherwise handle drill-string equipment when making borehole round trips.
Industry:Mining
A pin-thread heavy-bodied coupling provided with a swivel-mounted eye in the end opposite the pin-thread end. When attached to the hook on the drill-hoist line, the pinthread end can be screwed into the rods to hoist and otherwise handle drill-string equipment when making borehole round trips.
Industry:Mining
A pin-to-box sub used to connect one size rod in a string to a larger or smaller size.
Industry:Mining
