- 行业: 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 ...
The array of drilled holes on the surface or underground to be loaded and detonated in sequence; a pattern is indicated by the distance between holes in a row (spacing) and between rows (burden).
Industry:Mining
The array of monochromatic X-ray diffractions produced by a mineral powder. Compare: crystallogram
Industry:Mining
The arsenic analogue of uranocircite, Ba(UO<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>.12H<sub>2</sub>O and its dehydration product with Ba(UO<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(AsO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>.8H<sub>2</sub>O (metaheinrichite); occur near Lakeview, OR, and in the Black Forest, Germany.
Industry:Mining
The art and practice of using a microscope for identification and analysis of objects.
Industry:Mining
The art and science involving movement, packaging, and storage of substances in any form.
Industry:Mining
The art and science of obtaining reliable measurements from photographic images. Methods utilize horizontal, vertical, and oblique views, with or without the aid of the stereoscopic principle and with or without computer-based image processing and analysis.
Industry:Mining
The art of gem cutting; the cutting or engraving of precious stones or gems.
Industry:Mining
The art of map or chart construction, and the science on which it is based. It includes the whole series of map-making operations, from the actual surveying of the ground to the final printing of the map.
Industry:Mining
The art of producing and utilizing metal powders for the production of massive materials and shaped objects.
Industry:Mining
The ashes of seaweeds, formerly the source of soda as used in glassmaking and soapmaking; now a source of potash, iodine, and char.
Industry:Mining
