- Industry: 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 ...
A microtexture in metamorphosed rocks, in which axes of contiguous crystals lie in diverse, crisscross directions that are not random but rather are part of a definite mechanical expedient for minimizing internal stress. It is most noticeable in rocks composed largely of minerals with a flaky or columnar habit.
Industry:Mining
A mild steel angle section, riveted or welded to the web of a comparatively deep I-beam supporting the formwork for hollow tiles or forming the seating for precast concrete floor or roof units.
Industry:Mining
A milk-white, nearly opaque variety of quartz, commonly with a greasy luster. The milkiness is due to the presence of minute, fluid-filled inclusions.
Industry:Mining
A milk-white, nearly opaque variety of quartz, commonly with a greasy luster. The milkiness is due to the presence of minute, fluid-filled inclusions.
Industry:Mining
A milky or somewhat pearly appearance or luster of a mineral, such as that shown by opal and moonstone. Compare: play of color
Industry:Mining
A mill for dry-grinding mica by means of fluid energy. It consists of a chamber containing two horizontal directly opposed jets. Mica is fed continuously from a screw conveyor into this chamber. The particle size of the product from this mill can be controlled over a broad range down to the micrometer sizes.
Industry:Mining
A mill for grinding tough materials by attrition, using cannonballs in a rotating drum or chamber.
Industry:Mining
A mill for rolling ingots or the rolled products of ingots to blooms, billets, or slabs. This type of mill is often called a blooming mill and sometimes a cogging mill.
Industry:Mining
A mill having vertical rollers running in a circular enclosure with a stone or iron base or die. There are two classes: (1) those in which the rollers gyrate around a central axis, rolling upon the die as they go (the true Chile mill), and (2) those in which the enclosure or pan revolves, and the rollers, placed on a fixed axis, are in turn revolved by the pan. It was formerly used as a coarse grinder, but is now used for fine grinding.
Industry:Mining
