General mining

General mining

General mining related terms and definitions in minerals and related activities.

Industry: Mining

Add a new term

Contributors in General mining

Become a Contributors

General mining

gas streaming

Mining; General mining

A process of magmatic differentiation involving the formation of a gaseous phase, usually during a late stage in consolidation of the magma, that results in partial expulsion, by escaping gas ...

A process of magmatic differentiation wherein a magma, having crystallized to a mush of interlocking crystals in liquid, is compressed by Earth movements and the liquid 1196 moves toward regions of ...

filtration differentiation

Mining; General mining

magmatic stoping

Mining; General mining

A process of magmatic emplacement or intrusion that involves detaching and engulfing pieces of the country rock. The engulfed material presumably sinks downward and/or is assimilated.

clastic deformation

Mining; General mining

A process of metamorphism that involves the fracture, rupture, and rolling out of rock and mineral particles. In some instances, the crystal structure may be preserved, but the orientation of the ...

mining retreating

Mining; General mining

A process of mining by which the ore, or coal, is untouched until after all the gangways, etc., are driven, when the work of extraction begins at the boundary and progresses toward the shaft. ...

Adeline steelmaking process

Mining; General mining

A process of producing precision castings of steel or steel alloys, which comprises first forming the steel or steel alloy in molten form by the aluminothermic process, by igniting a mixture of iron ...