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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 ...
A secondary mineral, Ca(UO<sub>2</sub>)<sub>3</sub>(MoO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub>.11H<sub>2</sub>O .
Industry:Mining
A secondary or additional product; e.g., gallium is commercially recovered from the processing of bauxite to alumina.
Industry:Mining
A secondary phosphorite of either residual or transported origin, consisting of pellets, pebbles, and nodules of phosphatic material mixed with sand and clay, such as occurs in Florida; e.g., land-pebble phosphate and river-pebble phosphate.
Industry:Mining
A section of a mine entry, the ribs, roof, and floor of which have been coated with rock dust.
Industry:Mining
A section of an orebody, usually rectangular, that is used for estimates of overall tonnage and quality.
Industry:Mining
A section of convex glass tube containing fluid and an air bubble. When level, the air bubble centers itself on an etched line on the tube.
Industry:Mining
A section of country usually designated by name, having described or understood boundaries within which minerals are found and worked under rules and regulations prescribed by the miners therein. There is no limit to its territorial extent and its boundaries may be changed if vested rights are not thereby interfered with.
Industry:Mining
A section of land according to the U.S. Governmental Survey that contains less than 640 acres.
Industry:Mining
