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Lamellar

A term used to describe the arrangement of leaves or sheets in a structure, sometimes bound on a side

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Lagging

Planks, rods, beams or timbers used to between steel ribbing of an underground structure to fortify support and prevent the picture or rupture of a roof and overlying rocks

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Lactic acid

A chemical agent sometimes used in the process flotation to depress iron minerals

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Laccolith

A formation where pressurized volcanic fluid beneath the Earth’s surface pushes the overlying rock into a dome shaped structure

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Logging

The process of recording geological or geophysical data

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Lodestone

 A variety of magnetite with a high percentage of iron, Fe3O4.

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Lode

A mineral deposit hosted or surrounded by solid rock

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Line cutting

Straight line cut through terrain for the purpose of geophysical mapping of the area