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Mineral Commodities Studies 1979 - An Up-To-Date Summary Of 90 Mineral Commodities ? Aluminum
1. Domestic Production and Use: In 1978, 12 companies operated 31 primary aluminum reduction plants, with 3 firms accounting for 65% of production capacity. Washington, Oregon, and Montana accounted f
Jan 1, 1979
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Bulletin 201 Prospecting and Testing for Oil and Gas
By R. E. Collom
The commercial development of petroleum and natural gas fields has reached its present status within 60 years and is still considered by some operators to be "100 per cent wildcatting." 1 A tendency t
Jan 1, 1922
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A New Technique to Determine Wettability of Powders-Imbibtion Time Measurements
By B. R. Mohal, S. Chander
"A new technique to determine wettability of powders is presented in this paper. In this technique the times for immersion of individual particles from air into liquids, defined as imbibition times, a
Mar 1, 1989
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RI 9448 - Seismicity and Stress Changes Subsequent to Destress Blasting at the Galena Mine and Implications for Stress Control Strategies (9844d375-659f-4a7e-a5c0-a9fa2020e7d7)
By F. M. Boler
The U.S. Bureau of Mines conducts research at the Galena Mine, Wallace, ID, with the aim of mitigating the effects of rock bursting. Destress blasting is commonly used as a stress control technique at
Jan 1, 2010
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Federal Land Status In The Overthrust Belt Of Idaho, Montana, Utah, And Wyoming, 1979
By Otto L. Schumacher
The Overthrust Belt in portions of Montana, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming, an area that has contributed generously to the Nation's mineral supply, is one of the few remaining oil and gas frontiers on
Jan 1, 1981
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Mineral Commodity Summaries 1993 - Significant Events In 1992 - U.S. Mineral And Material Industry
The mineral Industry, following the economy as a whole, experienced little growth in 1992. However, with modernized plants, efficient workforces, and lower operating costs, the industry is well positi
Jan 1, 1993
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Mineral Commodity Summaries 1984 - An Up-To-Date Summary Of 87 Nonfuel Mineral Commodities ? Aluminum
1. Domestic Production and Use: In 1983, 12 companies operated 27 primary aluminum reduction plants, with 4 firms accounting for 65% of production. Washington, Oregon, and Montana accounted for 35% of
Jan 1, 1984
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IC 9274 Advanced Materials: Outlook And Information Requirements Proceedings of a Bureau of Mines Conference, November 7-8, 1989, Arlington, VA
By Louis J. Sousa
In November 1989, the U.S. Bureau of Mines sponsored a 2-day conference to stimulate thinking and discussion about changing materials technologies and implications for the Government's materials
Jan 1, 1990
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Oil-Shale Mining, Rifle, Colo., 1944-56 ? Summary
By J. H. East
THE RIFLE, COLO., oil-shale project of the Bureau of Mines was a facet of the re-search and development activities conducted under the Synthetic Liquid Fuels Act (Public Law 78-290) of April 5, 1944.
Jan 1, 1964
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Mineral Commodity Summaries 1985 - An Up-To-Date Summary Of 87 Nonfuel Mineral Commodities ? Aluminum
1. Domestic Production and Use: In 1984, 12 companies operated 27 primary aluminum reduction plants, with 3 firms accounting for 57% of production. Washington, Oregon, and Montana accounted for 35% of
Jan 1, 1985
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OFR-129-78 Detailed Geologic Mapping U. S. Bureau Of Mines Tract Piceance Creek Basin Rio Blanco County, Colorado
By John B. Ivey
This is a geologic study of the U.S. Bureau of Mines Oil Shale Tract in the Piceance Creek Basin of Rio Blanco County, Colorado for the preparation of a set of detailed surface geologic maps, measurem
Jan 1, 1978
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IC 8488 Ash Utilization - Proceedings: Second Ash Utilization Symposium. Sponsored By National Coal Association, Edison Electric Inst., American Public Power Assn, National Ash Assn, And Bureau Of Mines, Pittsburgh, Pa., March 10-11, 1970
More than 400 academic, government, and industry representatives attended the second symposium on ash utilization and technology held in Pittsburgh, Pa., March 10-11, 1970. Sponsored by the National C
Jan 1, 1970
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OFR-112-85 Generalization Of Medical And Health Compliance Research To Coal Mine Safety
By H. P. Cole
Methods for increasing compliance to medical and health regimens were reviewed along with similar research in industrial and mine safety. Principles abstracted from both areas suggest that compliance
Jan 1, 1985
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OFR-9(1)-72 Coal Mine Rescue And Survival System - Volume I - Survival Subsystem - Introduction - Contract Information
This volume constitutes the Survival Subsystem portion of the final report for the Coal Mine Rescue and Survival System (CMR&SS) program, which was conducted by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation u
Jan 1, 1971
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RI 4892 Petroleum-Engineering Study Of K.M.A. Reservoir, Southwestern Part Of K.M.A. Oil Field, Wichita And Archer Counties, Tex.
By Rollie P. Dobyns
The K.M.A. reservoir was discovered to be oil bearing at a depth of 3,719 feet on March 11, 1931. Extensive development, however, was not begun immediately, because the discovery well had a low initia
Jan 1, 1952
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IC 8731 GDIST: A Computer Code For Analysis Of Statistical Distributions Of Physical Data
By J. R. Alldredge
This Bureau of Mines report presents a computer code that has been developed for describing and testing the statistical distribution of general continuous data sets. The statistical distributions used
Jan 1, 1977
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IC 7668 Vermiculite ? Introduction
By O. S. North
As recently as the late 1920's there Were few indications that a 15-million-dollar-a-year industry would ever grow out of the mineralogic curiosity vermiculite. Today, it is an important industri
Jan 1, 1953
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IC 8977 Chromium Availability - Market Economy Countries - A Minerals Availability Program Appraisal
By P. R. Thomas
The Bureau of Mines determined the costs associated with the production of chromium, in the form of chromite and high-carbon ferrochomium, from the demonstated resources of 10 market economy nations.
Jan 1, 1984
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Nonmetal Operator Mining Facts ? 2005 - Mining Operations
In 2005, a total of 739 nonmetal mining operations reported employment to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). These mines (e.g., potash, gypsum, salt) comprised 5.0% of all operations.
Jan 1, 2008
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IC 8415 Bibliography Of Investment And Operating Costs For Chemical And Petroleum Plants, January-December 1968 ? Introduction
By Sidney Katell
This report, covering the period January 1968 through December 1968, is a continuation of a series that began with the publication of Information Circular 7516 in October 1949. It is the tenth in a se
Jan 1, 1969