Mineral mining

Mineral mining

The extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth for economic interests.

Industry: Mining

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carbide miner

Mining; General mining

A push-button mining machine with a potential range of 1,000 ft (304.8 m) into a seam from the highwall, a maximum production of some 600 st (544 t) per shift, and a recovery of 65% to 75% of the ...

car haul

Mining; General mining

A pusher chain conveyor used for moving small cars, such as mine cars, along a track. A form of tow conveyor.

tuff breccia

Mining; General mining

A pyroclastic rock consisting of more or less equal amounts of ash, lapilli, and larger fragments.

reduction smelting

Mining; General mining

A pyrometallurgical process that produces an impure liquid metal and a liquid slag by heating a mixture of ore, flux, and reducing agent (usually coke).

tuxtlite

Mining; General mining

A pyroxene mineral, (Na,Al,Ca,Mg)Si 2 O 6 ; midway in composition between diopside and jadeite; pea-green; massive; at Tuxtla, Mexico. Formerly called diopside-jadeite. Also spelled tuxlite.