Glossary of Mining Terms
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F
Face
Fault
Feasibility Study
Fineness
Fine Ounce
Fissure
Flotation
Fold
Fool's Gold
Footwall
Fracture
Free Gold
Free Milling
A rock fracture zone or slip along which there has been relative displacement of the two sides of the earth's surface or crust. The fault may provide a channel for the passage of mineral-bearing solutions and the deposition of minerals such as gold or silver. Fault zones, geographical locations
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