Help with French equivalents for mining terms

[F.raq]

I'm trying to find commonly used French equivalents for some English mining terms, this is mainly for curiosity, fun and unavoidably some learning

Here are a few of the terms I'm trying to translate:
Ore body
Shaft
Drift
Stoping
Tailings

I'm okay with standard French terminology or even regional variations used in francophone mining operations. I'd really appreciate your input...a lot!

 

[Shelley_Goodwin]

If you're just poking around with translations, gisement for ore body is the usual one. Shaft gets called puits. Drift = galerie, simple as that. Stoping doesn't have a neat word, usually abattage. Tailings are stériles. You'll hear variations, but those will get you understood.

 

[bl00dymary]

Ore body

it's basically a big, concentrated pocket of minerals or rock in the ground that has enough valuable stuff in it to be worth digging up and processing, like gold, copper, or iron