Mining Glossary

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Vein - A zone or belt of mineralized rock lying within boundaries clearly separating it from neighboring rock. It includes all deposits of mineral matter found through a mineralized zone or belt coming from the same source, impressed with the same forms and appearing to have been created by the same processes. A mineralized zone having a more or less regular development in length, width, and depth to give it a tabular form and commonly inclined at a considerable angle to the horizontal. The term lode is commonly used synonymously for vein.

Volatile Matter - Those products, exclusive of moisture, given off by a material as gas and vapor, determined by definite prescribed methods which may vary according to the nature of the material. In the case of coal and coke, the methods employed shall be those prescribed in the Standard Methods of Laboratory Sampling and Analysis of Coal and Coke (ASTM Designation D271) of the American Society for Testing Materials.