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United States Bureau of Mines
Industry: Mining
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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources. Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
A fault that displaces the strata downward relative to the workings approaching it. It would be an upthrow fault to workings on the opposite side.
Industry:Mining
A fault that is expressed as a zone of numerous small fractures or of breccia or fault gouge. A fault zone may be as wide as hundreds of meters. Compare: step fault belt.
Industry:Mining
A fault that is parallel to the bedding.
Industry:Mining
A fault that strikes approx. perpendicular to the strike of the bedding or cleavage. Compare: oblique fault; strike fault.
Industry:Mining
A fault that strikes diagonally or perpendicularly to the strike of the faulted strata.
Industry:Mining
A fault that strikes oblique to, rather than parallel or perpendicular to, the strike of the constituent rocks or dominant structure. Compare: oblique-slip fault; strike fault; dip fault.
Industry:Mining
A fault that strikes oblique to, rather than parallel or perpendicular to, the strike of the constituent rocks or dominant structure. Compare: oblique-slip fault; strike fault; dip fault.
Industry:Mining
A fault that strikes obliquely or perpendicular to the general structural trend of the region.
Industry:Mining
A fault whose strike is parallel to the strike of the strata. Compare: dip fault; oblique fault.
Industry:Mining
A fault whose strike is parallel with that of the general structural trend of the region.
Industry:Mining