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Concept information
Preferred term
mine tailings
Type
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Topic
Definition
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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.
Broader concept
Synonyms
- mining tailings
Scope note
- Use for the mining waste from hard rock mining; for the mining waste from open-pit mining USE mine spoil.
In other languages
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Spanish
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/86132
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