Terminology Flashcards
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Mining engineering
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practice of applying engineering principles
2
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Gangue
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commercially valueless material in which ore is found
3
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ore
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naturally occuring solid material from which metal or valuable materials can be extracte
4
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waste
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the material associated with an ore that must be mined in order to extract the ore
5
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Run of mine (ROM)
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mined ore of a size that can be processed without further crushing-often contains valueless materials associated with it
6
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Orebody
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connected mass of ore in a mine or suitable for mining
7
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deposit
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volume or a region containing several orebodies
