- 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 solution that contains more of the solute than is normally present when equilibrium is established between the saturated solution and undissolved solute.
Industry:Mining
A solution used to separate the different mineral constituents of rocks by their specific gravities, as the solution of mercuric iodide in potassium iodide having a maximum specific gravity of 3.19.
Industry:Mining
A somewhat inaccurate term for a coal in which distinct plant material is not discernible.
Industry:Mining
A somewhat loose term used to denote the maximum stress at which a material will not creep by more than a certain amount within the working life of the part. It is also used in some short-time creep tests; e.g., the Hatfield time yield.
Industry:Mining
A somewhat uncertain compound containing silver, copper, iron, antimony, sulfur, and water (Ag<sub>2</sub>Sb<sub>2</sub>(O,OH)<sub>7</sub>) (?).
Industry:Mining
A sounding instrument, which may be used to supplement the vane test. It consists essentially of a rod inside a tube. When the appliance is mechanically jacked into the ground, the point or cone of the rod records all differences in resistance to penetration. It thus determines quickly the soil strength profile in depth and detects any soft beds in advance of the vane tests.
Industry:Mining
A source of trona, Na<sub>3</sub>(CO<sub>3</sub>)(HCO<sub>3</sub>).2H<sub>2</sub>O . Occurs in Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, CA.
Industry:Mining
A space in pumps of the piston and ram types, usually quite small, between the cylinder end and the piston at the end of its stroke. The height to which water can be raised on the suction side is influenced by the volume of this space.
Industry:Mining
