A long excavation in a slope that has a bank on one side, and is near
original grade on the other. Nichols, 1
An act in which a mule is hooked by its harness to the side instead of the
front of a loaded car to give it enough momentum to slide onto a cage.
Korson
S. Staff. The widening of an abandoned gate road, and making it part of
the new side of work. Fay
a. The line connecting the dredger with anchorage on either side and winch
on board used to steady the hull in required digging position.
See also:headline
b. A surface line of the claim along the vein. It bounds the side of the
claim.
In a mineral claim where the apex law applies (United States), neighboring
mine owners may come to a sideline agreement to adjust or limit the law as
it affects their respective properties. Nelson
An overhanging wall of rock in alluvial formation extending parallel with
the course of the gutter; generally only on one side of it.
The side poling boards used in driving a heading. Stauffer
In timbering, where both a cap and a sill are used, and the posts act as
spreaders, the cap and the sill are spoken of as the sideplates.
See also:endplate; wallplate. Fay
A furnace with ports on the sides. ASTM
a. A trigonal mineral, FeCo3 ; calcite group, with Fe replaced by
Mg toward magnesite and Mn toward rhodochrosite; rhombohedral crystals and
cleavage; light to dark brown; in bedded deposits (black-band ores, clay
ironstone); occurs in hydrothermal veins, cavities in mafic igneous rocks,
pegmatites, and limestone; a source of iron. Syn:chalybite;
spathic iron; sparry iron; rhombohedral iron ore; iron spar; junckerite;
junkerite; siderose; white iron ore. See also:iron ore
b. An obsolete syn. of sapphire quartz. See also:sapphire quartz
AGI
c. An obsolete term formerly applied to various minerals, such as
hornblende, pharmacosiderite, and lazulite. AGI
d. A general name for iron meteorites, composed almost wholly of iron
alloyed with nickel. Obsolete syn: aerosiderite. AGI
A variety of siderite containing calcium.
A variety of native iron occurring as grains in petrified wood.
Amorphous FeO(OH) in some bog iron ores.
A basaltic glass from the palagonite tuffs of Sicily, Italy. Fay
An orthorhombic mineral, Na2 Fe(SO4 )2 (OH).3H (sub
2) O ; soft; orange to straw-yellow.
a. Said of an element concentrated in the metallic rather than in the
silicate and sulfide phases of meteorites, and probably concentrated in
the Earth's core relative to the mantle and crust (in Goldschmidt's scheme
of element partition in the solid Earth). AGI
b. Said of an element with a weak affinity for oxygen and sulfur, and
readily soluble in molten iron. Examples are Fe, Ni, Co, P, Pt, Au.
CF:lithophile
A monoclinic mineral, KFe2 Al(Al2 Si2 )O10
(F,OH)2 ; mica group.
Sp. Spathic iron ore or siderite.
An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron by the magnetic
needle. Webster 2nd
See:siderite
Pneumoconiosis occurring in iron workers from inhalation of particles of
iron. Webster 3rd