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
Similar to rod and ball mill grinding but uses large chunks of ore pieces as a grinding medium instead of rods or steel balls.
About Precious Metals.com 2005
