MINING
the extraction of any naturally occurring mineral substances from the earth or other heavenly bodies for utilitarian purposes
MINING ENGINEERING
concerned primarily with the extraction of valuable minerals from the earth
Fire Setting
Mining is
TEMPORARY land use.
GEOLOGIST
Locating and exploring a mineral
deposit
METALLURGICAL
ENGINEER
Processing, refining, and fabricating
ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENTIST/
ENGINEER
Closure and reclamation of the mine
property
MINING ENGINEERING
concerned primarily with the extraction of valuable minerals from the earth
MINING
ENGINEER
does all of the steps of the other engineers
Mineral is NIHDO
N
Naturally occurring
Mineral is NIHDO
I
Inorganic
Mineral is NIHDO
H
Homogenous solid
Mineral is NIHDO
D
Definite chemical composition
Mineral is NIHDO
O
Ordered internal structure
ROCK
any naturally formed aggregate of one or more types of mineral particles
Ore
a mineral deposit that has sufficient utility and value to
be
mined at a profit
Waste
the material associated with an ore deposit that must be
mined
to get to the ore and must then be discarded.
Gangue
the valueless mineral particles within an ore deposit that
must
be discarded.
- a particular type of waste