- 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 technique for the determination of absolute (total) strain and stress within rock in situ. In this method, a smooth hole is bored in the rock and a gage is inserted to measure diametral deformation. The hole is then overcored with a large coring bit so that the cylinder of rock containing the deformation measuring gage is free to expand. The 3126 change in the diameter of the hole when the rock cylinder is free to expand is a function of the original stress in the rock and its elastic modulus.
Industry:Mining
A technique for the determination of absolute (total) strain and stress within rock in situ. This method involves (1) installation of strain gages on the rock surface; (2) cutting of a slot in the rock between the strain gages so that the surface rock is free to expand; (3) installation of a "flat-jack" (hydraulic pressure cell) in the slot; and (4) application of hydraulic pressure to the flat jack until the rock is restored to its original state of strain. The original stress in the rock is presumed to be equal to the final pressure in the flat jack.
Industry:Mining
A technique for transferring a surface survey down a mine shaft in such a manner as to tie it in to an underground mine survey.
Industry:Mining
A technique of geophysical exploration of an area using an airborne magnetometer to survey that area.
Industry:Mining
A technique of geophysical exploration of an area using an airborne magnetometer to survey that area.
Industry:Mining
A technique of prospecting for heavy metals, such as gold, by washing placer or crushed vein material in a pan. The lighter fractions are washed away, leaving the heavy metals behind in the pan.
Industry:Mining
A technique of shot firing in which an explosive charge is fired in a shothole, which is filled with water under pressure and in which the strata around the shothole have been infused with water.
Industry:Mining
A technique used in electrical prospecting requiring artificial currents. It is based on the principle that if two electrodes are inserted in the ground and an external voltage is applied across them, there will be a flow of current through the earth from one electrode to the other. If the medium through which the current flows is homogeneous in its electrical properties, the flow lines will be regular and in a horizontal plane, symmetrical about the line joining the electrodes. Any inhomogeneities in these properties will cause distortions in the lines of current flow. Such distortions indicate the existence of buried material with either higher conductivity than its surroundings, so that it attracts the flow lines toward itself, or with lower conductivity, so that it tends to force the lines into the surrounding medium.
Industry:Mining
A technique used in surface and underground blasting in which a row or closely spaced drill holes are loaded with decoupled charges (charges with a smaller diameter than the drill hole) and fired simultaneously to produce an excavation contour without fracturing or damaging the rock behind or adjacent to the blasted face.
Industry:Mining
A technique used in the determination of elastic constants of rock in situ. Longitudinal and shear waves are generated in rock by small explosive charges in shallow drill holes. Accelerometers and strain gages are employed to measure arrival times for both waves. From wave velocities and measured density, Poisson's ratio, modulus of elasticity, modulus of rigidity, Lame's constant, and bulk modulus can be calculated.
Industry:Mining
