Mineral mining

Mineral mining

The extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth for economic interests.

Industry: Mining

Contributors in Mineral mining

Mineral mining

A map that presents only the relative horizontal positions of natural or cultural features, by lines and symbols. It is distinguished from a topographic map by the omission of relief in measurable ...

Digital map

Mining; General mining

A map using data in a software format so that the maps have the characteristic of layered features on an overlay generated by computer-aided drafting and design to plot these features.

Location plan

Mining; General mining

A map, drawn to a suitable scale, showing the proposed mine development, shafts, works, etc., in relation to existing surface features.

Dip-corrected map

Mining; General mining

A map that shows stratified formations in their original position before movement.

Istrian stone

Mining; General mining

A marble found near Trieste, from which Venice is largely built.

Hachure map

Mining; General mining

A map that represents the topographic relief by means of hachures.

Earthflow

Mining; General mining

A mass-movement landform and process characterised by downslope translation of soil and weathered rock over a discrete basal shear surface (landslide) within well-defined lateral boundaries. Little ...