open-pit mining

A method of extraction used where the *overburden is limited and easily stripped, but where waste has to be transported to external dumps. It is generally used where deposits are limited laterally but are thicker than in ...

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Published inA Dictionary of Geology and Earth Sciences
Main Author Michael Allaby
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LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford University Press 01.01.2013
Edition4
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ISBN0199653062
9780199653065

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Summary:A method of extraction used where the *overburden is limited and easily stripped, but where waste has to be transported to external dumps. It is generally used where deposits are limited laterally but are thicker than in ...
ISBN:0199653062
9780199653065