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 term used to describe any bending or wrinkling of a rock strata caused by the movement of tectonic plates .
About Precious Metals.com 2005