noun
- A mining technique in which ore is extracted by following a vein or stratum that outcrops at the surface.
Usage: mining; technical
verb
- Present participle of basset; to extract ore by following an outcropping vein or stratum.
Usage: mining; technical
Examples
- The miners used bassetting methods to access the exposed ore deposits.
- Bassetting was an efficient way to mine the surface-level mineral veins.
- The company began bassetting operations along the hillside where the ore outcropped.
- Historical records show that bassetting was practiced in Cornwall for centuries.