Footwall synonyms footwall pronunciation footwall translation english dictionary definition of footwall.
Footwall hanging wall mining.
The underlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane.
When working a tabular ore body the miner stood with the footwall under his feet and with the hanging wall above him.
Meanwhile standard stope geometry is 5 m width and 5 m height.
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Footwall definition the top of the rock stratum underlying a vein or bed of ore.
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The declines geometry both on foot wall and hanging wall are 4 2 m width and 4 8 m height.
Hanging wall and footwall.
Generally speaking the hanging wall and footwall of a fault are in contact with each other.
The two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall.
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The distance between stope to footwall decline d1 set fixed as 20 m.
In some kinds of mineral deposits there is ore directly in the fault so.
The hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below it.
Ore body is called the footwall.
The mass of rock underlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
This terminology comes from mining.
A ramp is also a type of drift.
Also miners will mine ore not hanging walls or footwalls.