General Surveying 2

An ore deposit of tabular form that lies horizontally or slightly inclined and is commonly parallel to the stratification of the enclosing rocks.

• Bedded Deposit

• Industrial

• Bedded

• Non-Industrial

End wall of a drift or cross cut or of bedded deposit.

• End

• Entry

• Face

• Back

Includes geo-physical surveys for mineral and energy resource exploration. Includes underground surveying as well as surface operations associated with underground work and open-pit mining.

Thin deposit of minerals between definite boundaries.

• Refers to all naturally occurring inorganic substances in solid, gas, liquid, or any intermediate state including energy materials such as coal, petroleum, natural gas, radioactive materials, and geothermal energy.

An elevator for workers and materials in a mine shaft.

• Cage

• Chute

• Sill

• Waste

A mineral deposit that can be worked at a profit under existing economic conditions.

• Minerals

• Ore Pass

• Bedded Deposit

• Ore

A main haulage road underground.

• Gangway

• Finger Raise

• Entry

• Sump

Answer explanation

• Gangway – A main haulage road underground.

A horizontal opening driven from the shaft to a vein across the course of a vein in order to reach the ore zone.

Answer explanation

Cross cut – A horizontal opening driven from the shaft to a vein across the course of a vein in order to reach the ore zone.

The term applied to the timbering or concrete around  the mouth or top of a shaft.

• Back

• Back Fill

• Collar

• Stope

Answer explanation

Collar – The term applied to the timbering or concrete around  the mouth or top of a shaft.