Skip to main content
An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Full

Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. environmental science
  3. wastes
  4. solid wastes
  5. mine spoil
  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. environmental science
  3. wastes
  4. solid wastes
  5. mine spoil

Preferred term

mine spoil

Type

  • Topic

Definition

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • minespoil

Scope note

  • Use for the mining waste from open-pit mining; for the waste from hard rock mining USE mine tailings.

In other languages

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/27359

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/19/06, last modified 6/28/17