Mining Ne w Opportunities 61 G L O S S A R Y Mining T erms A c id R ai n R ain c on t aining inc r e a s e d ac id c on t en t due t o a tmo spher ic p ollut an t s t ha t is har mf ul t o t he en v ir onmen t Anomaly An ar e a on t he sur f ac e of t he E ar t h or b e low t ha t ha s di er en t pr op er tie s t han t he sur r ounding ar e a eg one sp ot on t he E ar t h ma y b e highly mag ne tic while t he ar e a ar ound it is not mag ne tic a t all A ss a y T o c hemic ally analy ze a r o c k sam ple t o de t er mine t he v alua ble me t al or mineral c on t en t C age A ty p e of e le v a t or us e d t o transp or t miners and t heir e q uipmen t t o t he under g r ound wor k ing s of a mine Concen tr a te A ne p owder y pr o duct of t he milling pr o c e ss c on t aining a high p er c en t ag e of v alua ble me t al Con t ami na te T o mak e unt f or us e by t he in tr o duction of unde sira ble sub st anc e s Core A long c on tin uous sam ple of r o c k br ough t up f r om t he E ar t h by diamond dr illing Cro ss c ut A hor i zon t al op ening in an under g r ound mine t ha t is dr iven f r om a shaf t a t a r igh t angle t o t he dir e ction of a v alua ble r o c k f or ma tion C y anide Pro ce ss A me t ho d of e x tracting e x p o s e d g old or silver g rains f r om g r ound or e by diss olv ing it in a we ak c y anide s olution D i mension Stone Ro c k t ha t is e x tract e d f r om q uar r ie s t o b e cut t o sp e c ic dimensions and us e d f or building st one tile s r o ong c oun t er t op s and pa v ing D r i f t s H or i zon t al t unne ls t ha t le ad f r om t he shaf t t o t he or e b o dy Emi ssions S ub st anc e s dis c har g e d in t o t he air Euen t W a st e ma t er ial smok e liq uid industr ial r ef us e or s e w ag e dis c har g e d in t o t he en v ir onmen t E x tr ac t T o r emove or e f r om t he g r ound F ace Te lo c a tion in t he mine wher e or e is b eing e x tract e d f r om t he E ar t h Flot a tion Pro ce ss A ty p e of s e para tion pr o c e ss in whic h t he de sir e d me t al or mineral is c oa t e d by a c hemic al t ha t mak e s it oa t t o t he sur f ac e of a liq uid mi x t ur e Fluore s cence Te pr op er ty of emit ting e le ctr omag ne tic radia tion usually a s v isible ligh t r e sulting f r om t he a b s or ption of radia tion f r om s ome ot her s our c e Fly i n O p er a tion A mining op era tion w it h no r oad ac c e ss G re a s e T able A sur f ac e c over e d w it h g r e a s e t o whic h diamonds w ill stic k while w a st e de br is is w a she d a w a y H o st Ro ck Te r o c k sur r ounding an or e de p o sit M e t al An y of v ar ious opaq ue f usible ductile and ty pic ally lustr ous sub st anc e s t ha t ar e g o o d c onduct ors of he a t and e le ctr ic ity M ill A building wher e br ok en or e is c r ushe d t o a ne p owder in or der t o s e para t e out a c onc en tra t e of v alua ble me t als or minerals M i ner al Na t urally o c cur r ing homo g ene ous inor ganic c hemic al c om p ounds whic h ar e t he building blo c k s of r o c k s E ver y mineral ha s s e t in t er nal mole cular str uct ur e c r yst al f or m and iden tif y ing ph ysic al pr op er tie s M uck T o load br ok en or e in t o a s c o op t ha t w ill transp or t it t o t he shaf t O p en Pit M i ne A br oad ma ssive of t en f unne l sha p e d e x c a v a tion t ha t is op en t o t he air and us e d t o e x tract or mine v alua ble me t als minerals or r o c k s als o c alle d a sur f ac e mine G lo ss ar y 1 of 2