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MINE 2504 Glossary
MinE 2504 Dictionary
01: Mining and Society, Sustainable Development
corporate social responsibility
engineering ethics
social license
stakeholders
sustainable development
02: Mineral Deposits, Prospecting and Exploration
channel vs. borehole sample
cut-off grade
deposit vs. ore
enrichment factor
geobotanical prospecting
geochemical prospecting
geophysical prospecting
geotechnical properties
kriging
lens vs. tabular vs. massive deposits
loose vs. bank density
mineral vs. rock
nugget effect
ore vs. gangue
overburden and interburden
placer and alluvial deposits
prospecting vs. exploration
recovery and dilution
remote sensing
resources vs. reserves
run-of-mine (ROM)
spoil vs. tailings
stripping ratio
swell factor
tonnage factor
03: Mine Development and Exploitation
capital vs. operating costs
mineral claims vs. patents
mineral ownership vs. lease
mining camp
production vs. auxiliary operations
return on investment (ROI) and payback period
Factor of Safety (FoS)
04: Unit Operations of Mining
blasting agent vs. high explosive
box cut
burden and spacing (blast design)
cast blasting
drilling mud
explosive loading density
kerf cut
oxidizer vs. fuel
rotary, percussion and rotary percussion drills
permissible explosive
powder factor
pre-split blasting
stemming vs. explosive charge height
zero oxygen balance
05: Surface Mining
cyclic vs. continuous haulage
economic pit limit
equivalent yards
highwall, bench and berm
loader vs. dozer
mine planning vs. production scheduling
shovel vs. dragline
sump
06: Underground Mining
brattice curtain and stopping
cross-cut
drift or main
gob
grizzly
hanging wall vs. footwall
inby vs. outby
intake vs. return
orepass and chute
overhand vs. underhand advance
raise vs. winze
rock dusting
stope vs. room
superincumbent load
shaft vs. adit vs. slope
07: Mineral Processing
comminution
dense media separation
electrostatic separation
extractive metallurgy
froth flotation
hydrocyclone
liberation
semi-autogenous and autogenous grinding
size classification
spiral
08: Health and Safety
citation vs. order
fire boss
lock out tag out
lost-time incident
MINER Act
MSHA
NIOSH
PPE
respirable dust
09: Mine Reclamation and Environmental Management
acid mine drainage
approximate original contour
bonding
compliance and enforcement
environmental impact assessment
environmental monitoring
hydrologic impacts
impoundment
permitting
primacy
reclamation vs. restoration
SMCRA
10: Aqueous Mining
dredging
evaporite mining
heap vs. borehole leaching
hydraulicking
leaching vs. dissolution
solution mining
MINE 2504 Glossary
MINE 2504 Glossary
MODULES
01: Mining and Society, Sustainable Development
02: Mineral Deposits, Prospecting and Exploration
03: Mine Development and Exploitation
04: Unit Operations of Mining
05: Surface Mining
06: Underground Mining
07: Mineral Processing
08: Mine Health and Safet
y
09: Environmental Management and Reclamation
10: Aqueous Mining
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