The mass of rock overlying a mineral deposit in a mine.
In a fault the hanging wall.
The block below is called the footwall.
Fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall.
When working a tabular ore body the miner stood with the footwall under his feet and with the hanging wall above him.
Hanging wall and footwall.
The two sides of a non vertical fault are known as the hanging wall and footwall.
This terminology comes from mining.
Normal fractures in rock with no offset where there has been no motion are called.
In thrust or reverse faults the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall and in strike slip faults it moves horizontally relative to the footwall.
A n fault forms when the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall a.
The hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below it.