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RI 7079 Recovery Of Alumina And Iron From Pacific Northwest Bauxites By The Pedersen ProcessBy Oliver C. Fursman
The Bureau of Mines undertook this investigation in order to determine the feasibility of producing commercially acceptable alumina and iron by application of the Pedersen process to high-silica, high
Jan 1, 1968
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RI 7858 Chemical Analysis of Slickensides From Coal Mine Roof ShaleBy George A. Savanick
Coal mine roof shales fracture preferentially at slickensided surfaces because of weak or nonexistent adhesion between two slickensided rock surfaces. The purpose of this Bureau of Mines research was
Jan 1, 1974
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Sulphur isotope study of Ni-Fe-Cu mineralization in the Shetland ophioliteBy R. A. Ixer, R. A. Lord, H. M. Prichard, A. J. Boyce, P. McConville, C. T. Pillinger, I. P. Wright, J. Maynard
Analysis of 62 samples show that the sulphides throughout the igneous stratigraphy have a magmatic signature, with the exception of the uppermost gabbros and the lowermost basal thrust talc-carbonate
Jun 19, 1905
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Defect and mould variable prediction in continuous castingBy I. K. Craig, F. R. Camisani-Calzolari
Defects which occur at the surface of a continuously cast slab impede the throughput of final product, because an extra stage in the process is required to grind the defects away before further proces
Jan 1, 2003
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MLA 32-86 - Mineral Resources Of The Little Blitzen Gorge Study Area, Harney County, Oregon ? SummaryBy Thomas J. Peters
In 1984, at the request of the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Mines studied 7,000 acres of the 9,240-acre Little Blitzen Gorge Wilderness Study Area in Harney County, OR, to evaluate its min
Jan 1, 1986
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Improved Selectivity Of Super-Conducting Dry HGMS Of Fine Powders By VibrationBy Y. Wang, E. Forssberg, A. Johansson, B. Chan
A super-conducting high gradient magnetic separator with matrix vibration in dry separation mode is a powder purification device, which has been used to remove weakly magnetic impure particles from fi
Jan 1, 2001
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Working in Noise with a Hearing Loss: Perceptions from Workers, Supervisors, and Hearing Conservation Program ManagersBy Robert F. Randolph, Christa L. Themann, Efrem R. Reeves, Thais C. Morata, Babette L. Verbsky, David C. Byrne
Objective: Workers with hearing loss face special problems, especially when working in noise. However, conventional hearing conservation practices do not distinguish between workers with normal heari
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Site Solutions For The Pisa Tower Remediation - 1 - IntroductionBy Paolo Heiniger
The aim of this paper is to present the operative solutions devised and then adopted to implement the underexcavation (soil extraction) of the Tower of Pisa, by means of soil extraction. The inter
Jan 1, 2000
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MLA 28-84 - Mineral Investigation Of The Bristol/Granite Mountains Wilderness Study Area (BLM No. CDCA-256), San Bernardino County, CaliforniaBy Charles Sabine
The U.S. Bureau of Mines studied mines and prospects in the Bristol/Granite Mountains Wilderness Study Area (WSA) in 1982. The 45,000 acre WSA, located in the eastern Mojave Desert of California, is u
Jan 1, 1984
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OFR-14-84 Improved Crowd Limit Switches And Greenhorn For Electric ShovelsBy Gary Choate
The work presented in this report represents the background activity which led to the fabrication and testing of a greenhorn and crowd limit switch system for electric shovels. The program began With
Jan 1, 1983
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The Centenary Of The Discovery Of Platinum In The Bushveld Complex (10 November, 1906)By R. G. Cawthorn
The earliest authenticated scientific report of the occurrence of platinum in rocks from the Bushveld Complex appears to be by William Bettel on 10 November 1906. Thereafter, prospecting of the chromi
Jan 1, 2007
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Microphone Height Effects on Blast-Induces Air OverpressureBy Randall M. Wheeler, Kenneth K. Eltschlager
Blasting Seismographs use microphones to measure air overpressure from blasting. The microphone height above the ground has been the object of some controversy. The current ISEE “Field Practice Guidel
Jan 1, 2005
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Geochemical and Isotopic Constraints for High-Grade Gold Mineralisation at Waitangi Deposit, Thames District, Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New ZealandBy S Henderson
The Thames gold-silver deposits are part of the Hauraki goldfield, situated within the Miocene to Pliocene calc-alkaline Coromandel Volcanic Zone (CVZ). The Waitangi vein system is one of the minerali
Jan 1, 1993
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Motivating Sustainable Material Use through Industry-Level Simulation Modeling of Platinum Stocks and FlowsBy Elisa Alonso
Manufacturing firms that rely on finite resources have a stake in ensuring sustainable materials use. Higher material prices and uncertain material supply, consequences associated with scarcity, can b
Jan 1, 2010
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OFR-38-75 Electromagnetic Noise In McElroy MineBy M. Kanda
Two different techniques were used to make measurements of the absolute value of electromagnetic noise in and above an operating coal mine, McElroy Mine, located near Moundsville, West Virginia. The e
Jan 1, 1974
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Influence of the Addition of Sr on the Aspect Ratio of Aragonite in Ca(OH)2-CO2-H2O SystemBy Seoul National University, Ki-Ho Kim, Jong-Pyo Kim, Sung-Min Joo, Hee-Chan Cho, Hyung-Seok Kim
Aragonite was synthesized in addition of Mg2+ ion and SrCO3 seed by carbonation process, and the best condition and mechanism of the synthesis was studied by analysis of continuous pH change, ICP, XRD
Jan 1, 2003
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Using DEM to Model Ore Breakage within a Pilot Scale Sag MillBy Rob D. Morrision, Paul W. Cleary
"The best accepted method for design of autogenous and semi-autogenous mills is to carry out pilot scale test work using a 1.8 m diameter by 0.6 m long pilot scale test mill. The load in such a mill t
Jan 1, 2003
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Advancements in Coarse and Fine Particle FlotationBy M. Fan, M. Mankosa, G. Luttrell
"Column and other non-conventional flotation approaches continue to provide benefits where conventional flotation processes have exhibited limited success. This is particularly evident with respect to
Jan 1, 2010
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A New Method of Quality Control for Construction Joints in Diaphragm WallsBy Nikolaus Schneider
"Abstract: The combination of failure in joints of diaphragm walls and their exposure to water pressure may have far reaching effects ranging from water leakage to the risk of catastrophic loss of sta
Jan 1, 2014
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Technical Notes - Flotation of Right- and Left-Hand Quartz Using an Optically Active CollectorBy K. Takahashi, I. Iwasaki
it is well known1 that racemic mixtures of optical isomers can be separated by passing their solutions through a column packed with r- or 1-quartz powder so that one of the isomers becomes adsorbed se
Jan 1, 1969