Footwall Hanging Wall Mining

Generally speaking the hanging wall and footwall of a fault are in contact with each other.

Footwall hanging wall mining.

Footwall synonyms footwall pronunciation footwall translation english dictionary definition of footwall. The declines geometry both on foot wall and hanging wall are 4 2 m width and 4 8 m height. Hanging wall definition the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore. Hanging wall and footwall.

The mass of rock underlying a mineral deposit in a mine. Footwall grizzly hanging wall headframe hematite. Orebody overburden pillar pinch pitch raise shaft skip. Also miners will mine ore not hanging walls or footwalls.

Large number of pages viewed. This terminology comes from mining. In some kinds of mineral deposits there is ore directly in the fault so. Ore body is called the footwall.

Footwall definition the top of the rock stratum underlying a vein or bed of ore. The footwall is called a footwall drift and drifts driven from the footwall across the ore body are called crosscuts. Hoist incline inclined shaft level magnetite outcrop ore ore pass. The two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall.

The underlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane. A ramp is also a type of drift. The distance between stope to footwall decline d1 set fixed as 20 m. When working a tabular ore body the miner stood with the footwall under his feet and with the hanging wall above him.

The hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below it. Other articles where footwall is discussed.