Glossary of Mining Terms
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A
Acid Mine Drainage
Acid Mine Water
Acid Precipitation
Acidic Rocks
Acid Testing
Active Workings
Adit
Advance
Aerial Magnetometer
Aerial Survey
Aeromagnetic Survey
Ag (Silver)
Agglomerate/Agglomeration
Agitation
Air Blast
Air Split
Allocated gold
Alloy
Alluvial gold
Alteration
Amalgam/Amalgamation
Amorphous
Amortization
Angle-of-Dip
Annual Report
Anomaly
Anticline/Antiform
Apex
Approved Refiner
Assay
Assay Foot
Assay Map
Assessment Work
Au (Gold)
Auriferous
Autoclave
Autogenous Grinding
Auxiliary Operations
The process of testing gold or silver to determine its purity.
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