bed, deposit, field 书馆　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