Hangwall And Footwall

Hanging wall definition the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore.
Hangwall and footwall. The underlying block of a fault having an inclined fault plane. Footwall definition the top of the rock stratum underlying a vein or bed of ore. When working a tabular ore body the miner stood with the footwall under his feet and with the hanging wall above him. In a non vertical fault where the fault plane dips the footwall is the section of the fault that lies under the fault while the hanging wall lies over the fault the names come about from the.
This terminology comes from mining. Footwall synonyms footwall pronunciation footwall translation english dictionary definition of footwall. Also miners will mine ore not hanging walls or footwalls. The mass of rock underlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
The two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall. In some kinds of mineral deposits there is ore directly in the fault so. Generally speaking the hanging wall and footwall of a fault are in contact with each other. Hanging wall and footwall.
Hintersberger et al 2010 in press. The hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below it. The leo pargil shear zone defines the west flank of the dome and separates the footwall rocks of the dome from the haimanta group and the overlying metasedimentary rocks in the hanging wall to the west thiede et al 2006.