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Hanging wall

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-007023

The mass of rock that lies immediately above an inclined fault, vein or ore body, contrasted with the footwall below it. It is the wall that hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein, which is the origin of the name, and in inclined deposits it is the side that has to be supported against falls.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-007023
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectMining and extraction
TranslationsGerman: Hangendes; Spanish: techo colgante; French: toit
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-007023",
  "term": "Hanging wall",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The mass of rock that lies immediately above an inclined fault, vein or ore body, contrasted with the footwall below it. It is the wall that hangs over the miner's head when working in the vein, which is the origin of the name, and in inclined deposits it is the side that has to be supported against falls.",
  "subject": "Mining and extraction",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Hangendes",
    "es": "techo colgante",
    "fr": "toit"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/hanging-wall/"
}

Record 2,978 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.