IS 15838 : Part 1 to 10 : 2008 : Mining - Glossary of terms

( Amalgamating of IS 4791 : 1968, IS 4792 : 1968, IS 4863 :1968, IS 5028 l 1969, IS 5307 : 1968, IS 5767 : 1970, IS 5768 : 1970, IS 5814 : 1970, IS 5940 : 1979 AND IS 7580 : 1975)

Reaffirmed 2018

This Indian Standard (Parts 1 to 10) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, after the draft finalized by the Mining Techniques and Equipment Sectional Committee had been approved by the Mechanical Engineering Division Council.

Glossary of mining terms was first issued as different standards application-wise based on 13S 3618 series of standards. The Committee responsible for formulation of these standards has decided to bring all the standards on glossary of mining terms as single standard with application-wise parts. Accordingly, glossary of the mining terms is issued as a single standard for the convenience of the users.

This standard supersedes the following standards:

IS 4791: 1968 Glossary of mining terms (drainage) BS 3618: Section 4: 1963 Glossary of mining terms, Section 4 Drainage

IS 4792:1968 Glossary of mining terms (ventilation) BS 3618: Section 2: 1963 Glossary of mining terms, Section 2 Ventilation

IS 4863:1968 Glossary of mining terms (drilling and blasting) BS 3618: Section 6: 1964 Glossary of mining terms, Section 6 Drilling and blasting

IS 5028:1969 Glossary of mining terms (planning and surveying) BS 3618: Section 1:1963 Glossary of, mining terms, Section 1 Planning and surveying

IS 5307:1969 Glossary of mining terms (boring and exploration) BS 3618: Section 3: 1973 Glossary of mining terms, Section 3 Boring and exploration

IS 5767: 970 Glossary of mining terns (strata control) BS 3618: Section 11:1967 Glossary of mining terms, Section 11 Strata control

IS 5768: 970 Glossary of mining terms (winning and working) BS 3618: Section 8: 1964 Glossary of mining terms, Section 8 Winning and working

IS 5814: 970 Glossary of mining terms (shaft and associated equipment) BS 3618: Section 9: 1974 Glossary of mining terms, Section 9 Shafts and associated equipment

IS 5940:1970 Glossary of mining terms (geology) BS 3618: Section 5: 1964 Glossary of mining terms, Section 5 Geology

IS 7580:1975 Glossary of mining terms (transport) BS 3618: Section 10:1967 Glossary of mining terms, Section 10 Transport

This revision has been taken up to update the terms, wherever found necessary. In the formulation of this glossary the object has been to standardize and to co-ordinate the technical terms in current use in the mining industry.

Only the terms which have a specified meaning in mining have been included in this standard and the terms which are common to most branches of engineering have been generally omitted.