- 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 tank containing the pulp to be filtered, generally fitted with an agitator to maintain the solids in the pulp in suspension, and in which the drum or disk of a rotary vacuum filter is partially immersed.
Industry:Mining
A tank equipped for temperature, pH, and reagent control used to employ bacteria to oxidize or reduce ores of gold and other metals and render them amenable for metal extraction by leaching.
Industry:Mining
A tank for clarifying cyanide or other solutions; frequently provided with a filtering layer of sand, cotton waste, matting, etc.
Industry:Mining
A tank into which fluids gravitate and from which they are recirculated by means of a pump.
Industry:Mining
A tank or large reservoir of any kind into which the slimes are conducted in order that they may have time to settle, or in which they may be reserved for subsequent treatment.
Industry:Mining
A tank, forming part of the water circuit, in which slurry or small coal settles and is removed continuously by means of a scraper chain or scraper buckets.
Industry:Mining
A tank, forming part of the water circuit, in which slurry or small coal settles and is removed continuously by means of a scraper chain or scraper buckets.
Industry:Mining
A tank, forming part of the water circuit, in which slurry or small coal settles and is removed continuously by means of a scraper chain or scraper buckets.
Industry:Mining
A tantalum-bearing variety of ferrocolumbite or tapiolite named for the locality in Norway.
Industry:Mining
