general terms
bed, deposit, field 矿床
outcrop 露头
fault 断层
vein, sean, lode 矿脉
gold reef 金矿矿脉
pocket 矿穴
reservoir 储藏
water table 潜水面,地下水面
mine 矿
stratum, layer 矿层
quarry 露天采石
clay pit 粘土矿坑
peat bog 泥炭沼
gold nugget 块金
gangue 脉石,矿石,尾矿
prospector 探矿者
prospecting 探矿
boring, drilling 钻探
auger, drill 钻
excavation 发掘
quarrying, extraction 采石
borer, drill, drilling machine 钻机
stonemason 石工锤
stonecutter 切石机
miner 矿工
mining engineer 采矿工程师
pan 淘金盘
Minerals 矿物
iron ore 铁矿
crystal 晶体
rock 岩
stone 石
coal 煤,烟煤
anthracite 无烟煤
coke 焦,焦炭
oil 石油
lignite 褐煤
peat 泥炭,泥煤
marl, loam 泥灰
sandstone 砂岩
granite 花岗岩
slate 石板
clay 粘土
marble 大理石
gravel 砾石
chalk 白垩
quartz 石英
gypsum 石膏
Coal mining 煤矿
coal field 煤田
coal mine 煤矿矿井
colliery 煤矿
opencast working 露天开采
level 主平巷
working face 工作面
winding shaft, hoisting shaft 提升井
ventilation shaft 通风井
pithead, mine entrance 矿井口,井口
gallery 平峒,平巷
timbering, shoring 撑材,支护
prop, shore 支柱
lining, planking 加衬
air vent 气孔,排气口
truck 斗车
slag 矿渣
slag heap 矿渣场
tip 矿渣堆
collier, coal miner 矿工,煤矿工人
pick 镐
shovel 铲,锹
wedge 楔子
jumper 钻孔机
explosive 炸药
charge 凿岩机
blast hole 钻孔
undercutter 擦伤
miner's lamp, safety lamp 矿灯,安全灯
fire damp explosion 瓦斯爆炸
cave-in 陷落
landslide 坍落
flooding 漫灌
asphyxia, suffocation, gassing 窒息