- 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 final ingredient added to a water gel or slurry, causing it to change from a liquid to a gel.
Industry:Mining
The final soil tests at site as guided by the general soil survey. The tests may be performed in situ by mobile laboratory units, or the samples are sent to the nearest soils laboratory.
Industry:Mining
The finding of the number of units of measure in a line, area, space or volume, period of time, etc.
Industry:Mining
The fine breaks or cracks that occur in the nether roof of a coal seam following the holing of the coal or its removal, and having the same general direction as that of the coal face itself.
Industry:Mining
The fine screenings from crushed coke or from coke as taken from the ovens, of a size varied in local practice but usually passing a 1/2-in (12.7-mm) or 3/4-in (19.0-mm) screen opening.
Industry:Mining
The fine, heavy materials that pass through the meshes of the screen in a jig.
Industry:Mining
The fine-grained, calcareous creamy-white dentine forming most of the tusks of elephants and the teeth or tusks of certain other large animals, such as the walrus; it has long been esteemed for a wide variety of ornamental articles. Elephant ivory is now illegal to use. It is often simulated by bone.
Industry:Mining
The finely crushed gangue remaining after the extraction of lead and zinc minerals in the Tri-State District of Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma. The term is derived from chert.
Industry:Mining
The finely powdered basic slag obtained in the Thomas-Gilchrist process. It consists of phosphates and is used as a fertilizer.
Industry:Mining
