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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 wedge-shaped tool inserted in a borehole to direct the bit along a prescribed course.
Industry:Mining
A weight commonly reckoned in the United States, and for many articles in England, at 100 avoirdupois lb, but commonly in England, and formerly in the United States, at 112 avoirdupois lb. There is also an older hundredweight, called the long hundredweight, of 120 avoirdupois lb. Abbrev., cwt.
Industry:Mining
A weight of 29.166+ g, used in assaying to represent proportionately the assay value of an ore. Because it bears the same ratio to 1 mg that a ton of 2,000 lb bears to the troy ounce, the weight in milligrams of precious metal obtained from an assay ton of ore equals the number of ounces to the ton. Abbrev. AT.
Industry:Mining
A weld made between two abutting unscarfed ends or edges without overlapping. Both the pin- and box-thread portions of petroleum drill pipe generally are butt-welded electrically to upset end tubing to form a complete section of drill pipe or rod.
Industry:Mining
A welded pyroclastic deposit characterized by vitric material binding the pyroclasts, or sintered vitric pyroclasts. Also spelled agglutinite.
Industry:Mining
A well log obtained with an arrangement of electrodes similar to a miniature laterolog but disposed in concentric fashion in an insulating pad. The current from a central electrode is focused and flows out in a pattern that resembles the shape of a trumpet. As in the microlog, the electrodes are mounted on a pad that is held against the wall of the hole by springs. The microlaterolog serves a purpose similar to that of a microlog, investigating only a small volume of rock immediately adjacent to the hole.
Industry:Mining
A well log obtained with an arrangement of electrodes similar to a miniature laterolog but disposed in concentric fashion in an insulating pad. The current from a central electrode is focused and flows out in a pattern that resembles the shape of a trumpet. As in the microlog, the electrodes are mounted on a pad that is held against the wall of the hole by springs. The microlaterolog serves a purpose similar to that of a microlog, investigating only a small volume of rock immediately adjacent to the hole.
Industry:Mining
A well log that shows the variations with depth in the diameter of an uncased borehole. It is produced by spring-activated arms that measure the varying widths of the hole as the device is drawn upward.
Industry:Mining
A well log that shows the variations with depth in the diameter of an uncased borehole. It is produced by spring-activated arms that measure the varying widths of the hole as the device is drawn upward.
Industry:Mining
