Search results
Results from the Health.Zone Content Network
The California Geological Survey has had many names over its history. The original Geological Survey of California was replaced in April 1880 by the new California State Mining Bureau. This was renamed the Division of Mines in 1927. In 1962 the division's name was expanded to be California Division of Mines and Geology, a name that lasted until ...
The Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 (SMARA) gave the Department of Conservation responsibilities related to reclamation of mined lands. Initially these responsibilities were allocated to the Division of Mines and Geology, working in concert with the State Mining and Geology Board and local governments.
The Department of Mines and Geology has discovered large bodies of Kimberlite intrusion in northern Lesotho. These are reported as 405 kimberline bodies constituted by 30 pipes, 343 dykes, and 23 blows (dyke enlargements), which amounts to one Kimberlite body per 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi) area of the country. There are also smaller ...
Named by. Watts (1896) [1] The Coldwater Sandstone (or Coldwater Formation) is a sedimentary geologic unit of Eocene age found in Southern California, primarily in and south of the Santa Ynez Mountains of Santa Barbara County, and east into Ventura County. It consists primarily of massive arkosic sandstone with some siltstone and shale.
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy ( DMRE) is a department of the South African government which is responsible for the mining industry of South Africa, exploitation of the country's mineral resources, and the energy industry. It was known as the Department of Minerals and Energy until July 2009 when it was divided by President ...
Mining in the engineering discipline is the extraction of minerals from the ground. Mining engineering is associated with many other disciplines, such as mineral processing, exploration, excavation, geology, metallurgy, geotechnical engineering and surveying. A mining engineer may manage any phase of mining operations, from exploration and ...
The Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources (ADMMR) is a state government agency in the U.S. state of Arizona that has the purpose of promoting and developing the state's mineral resources . The department was established in 1939 as the Arizona Department of Mineral Resources. [1]
The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) is the agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon responsible for collecting, maintaining and disseminating geologic information, and regulation of industries which commercially develop the state's geological resources, including Natural gas, Crude oil, and other Mineral exploration and Mining.