footwall

The first, above, is nearly dip-slip in relative movement, and you can see a close-up of the footwall breccia.

Friday Fault Photos Silver Fox 2008

The second fault, below, shows oblique-slip slickensides, and beneath the slickensides, in the footwall, are some calcite masses and a footwall breccia.

Friday Fault Photos Silver Fox 2008

Restoration work on the damaged footwall infrastructure in the

ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

Molathlegi William Modise, a team leader, alleged that in 1994 or 1995 blasting was done in the footwall of the open cast pit south of where a subsidence occured on November 27 last year.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

These twin disadvantages usually warrant a straight incline in the footwall.

Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Herbert Hoover 1919

An inclined shaft may be sunk either on the vein, in which case a pillar of ore must be left to support the shaft; or, instead, it may be sunk a short distance in the footwall, and where necessary the excavation above can be supported by filling.

Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration Herbert Hoover 1919

The total area of ore measured on the footwall was

The Economic Aspect of Geology 1915

In the developed area, 160,000,000 tons of ore had been found, or approximately one ton per square foot of footwall area, or 43,800 per acre of footwall explored.

The Economic Aspect of Geology 1915

The ratio of ore area to total explored area, measured in the plane of the footwall, was 21-1/2 per cent.

The Economic Aspect of Geology 1915

The total area of the footwall to a depth of 3,000 feet is approximately 9,650 acres.

The Economic Aspect of Geology 1915