The mass of rock underlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
Footwall and hanging wall in mining.
Hanging wall definition the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore.
The hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below it.
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Ore body is called the footwall.
Cibaliung underground gold mine applies cut and fill mining method to optimize ore production and maintain underground stability.
Footwall definition the top of the rock stratum underlying a vein or bed of ore.
A ramp is also a type of drift.
The underlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane.
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Existing 5 m 5 m height and width of stope geometry has a potential new design to increase production of gold due to variety of thick ore however serious shotcrete failures often occur in hanging wall decline.
The footwall is called a footwall drift and drifts driven from the footwall across the ore body are called crosscuts.
Footwall synonyms footwall pronunciation footwall translation english dictionary definition of footwall.
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The two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall.
This terminology comes from mining.