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