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General mining related terms and definitions in minerals and related activities.
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dry sweating
Mining; General mining
A process by which impure blister copper is exposed to long oxidizing heating below fusion point.
Waelz process
Mining; General mining
A process by which low-grade ores, slags, or residues from retorts may be treated either for the recovery of zinc alone or for the recovery of zinc, lead, and tin. It employs a rotary kiln, and the ...
piecemeal stoping
Mining; General mining
A process by which magma eats into its roof by engulfing relatively small isolated blocks, which presumably sink to depth where they are assimilated.
incorporation
Mining; General mining
A process by which material contributing to coal formation responds to diagenetic and metamorphic agencies of coalification and becomes a part of the coal without undergoing any material ...
hot-carbonate process
Mining; General mining
A process developed by the U.S. Bureau of Mines in which a hot solution of potassium carbonate is used to absorb impurities from gases and is then regenerated for reuse in a continuous cycle with ...
hotpotash process
Mining; General mining
A process developed by the U.S. Bureau of Mines in which a hot solution of potassium carbonate is used to absorb impurities from gases and is then regenerated for reuse in a continuous cycle with ...
Benfield process
Mining; General mining
A process developed by the U.S. Bureau of Mines in which a hot solution of potassium carbonate is used to absorb impurities from gases and is then regenerated for reuse in a continuous cycle with ...
