A ramp is also a type of drift.
Footwall hanging wall mining.
The hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below it.
Generally speaking the hanging wall and footwall of a fault are in contact with each other.
Footwall synonyms footwall pronunciation footwall translation english dictionary definition of footwall.
The two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall.
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Ore body is called the footwall.
Hanging wall definition the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore.
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Hanging wall and footwall.
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The footwall is called a footwall drift and drifts driven from the footwall across the ore body are called crosscuts.
Footwall definition the top of the rock stratum underlying a vein or bed of ore.
In some kinds of mineral deposits there is ore directly in the fault so.
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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.
This terminology comes from mining.
The mass of rock underlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
Also miners will mine ore not hanging walls or footwalls.
The underlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane.
Meanwhile standard stope geometry is 5 m width and 5 m height.
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