Meaning

(mining) Rock containing ore from which minerals are extracted..

Definitions by Sense

1. (mining) Rock containing ore from which minerals are extracted.
2. (geology) Solid, nonporous rock.
3. A type of concrete that contains relatively small amounts of aggregate relative to the amount of cement.
4. (prison slang) An unregenerate criminal; a bully boy.

Example Sentences

The federal system for "hardrocks," pursuant to the Mining Law of 1872, allows the discovery, location, and development of these minerals without payment to the federal government.

Reflection coefficients calculated from impedance contrasts between felsic and mafic rocks and other common lithologies in hardrock terranes often exceed 6%, the estimated minimum value required to give strong reflections.

In this context, you asked us to provide information on (1) which types of royalties the 12 western states assess on hardrock mining operations and (2) trends on imports and exports of hardrock minerals.

The Western U.S. sample was separated into the recording site categories of hardrock ( i.e., crystalline rock outcrop) , intermediate ( i.e., sedimentary rock or thin alluvium) and alluvium ( i.e., thick alluvium), and average residuals were computed for each of the three subsets.

Its importance lies in the fact that hardrock areas cover the greater part of peninsular India. Moreover, many hardrock areas are drought-prone, making irrigation essential for reliable cropping.

Being geologically characterised by shallow topsoil layers overlying the hardrocks of the Deccan, the groundwater resources in this ecozone are localised pockets of water percolating through fissures and cracks in the hardrocks.

There are a number of hardrock boreholes in the Tahoe Basin area that were drilled for single household water supply, for snowmaking and lodge facilities ( e.g. Heavenly Valley Resort, Northstar Resort), recreational facilities (U.S. Forest Serrvice) and for use by government agencies (Caltrans, Civilian Conservation Corp). Most hardrock wells are located at high elevation, where suitable basin-fill aquifers are not available for water supply.

The tension test specimens embedded to 45 mm (1 - 3/4 inch) in hardrock concrete generally failed when the tensile limit of the anchor itself was reached.

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