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Mineral mining
The extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth for economic interests.
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Capped fuse
Mining; General mining
A length of safety fuse to which a blasting cap has been attached.
Open-top tubbing
Mining; General mining
A length of tubbing having no wedging crib on the top of it.
Coquinoid limestone
Mining; General mining
A limestone consisting of coarse, unsorted, and often unbroken shelly materials that have accumulated in place without subsequent transportation or agitation, and generally having a fine-grained ...
Algal limestone
Mining; General mining
A limestone composed largely of the remains of calcium-carbonate-producing algae, or one in which such algae bind together the fragments of other calcium-carbonateproducing forms.
Reef limestone
Mining; General mining
A limestone consisting of the remains of active reef-building organisms, such as corals, sponges, and bryozoans, and of sediment-binding organic constituents, such as calcareous algae.
Coral limestone
Mining; General mining
A limestone consisting of the calcareous skeletons of corals, often containing fragments of other organisms and often cemented by calcium carbonate.
