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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Fields of Study > environmental science > wastes > mine tailings
Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > environmental science > wastes > mine tailings
Preferred Term:

mine tailings

Definition:
Material separated as refuse or separately treated as inferior in quality or value. The sand, gravel and cobbles which pass through sluices in placer mining. Refuse material resulting from the washing, concentration or treatment of ground ore. The residual after most of a valuable ore has been extracted.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
wastes
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • mining tailings
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/86132
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-07-21, last modified 2017-05-05