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Written by
George B. Clark
Professor of Mining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, 1976–84. Coauthor of Elements of Mining.
George B. Clark,
John Lawrence Mero
President, Ocean Resources, Inc., La Jolla, California. Author of The Mineral Resources of the Sea.
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mining, process of extracting useful minerals from the surface of the Earth, including the seas. A mineral, with a few exceptions, is an inorganic substance occurring in nature that has a definite chemical composition and distinctive physical properties or molecular structure. (One organic substance, coal, is often discussed as a mineral as well.) Ore is a metalliferous mineral, or an aggregate of metalliferous minerals and gangue (associated rock of no economic value), that can be mined at a profit. Mineral deposit designates a natural occurrence of a useful mineral, while ore deposit denotes a mineral deposit of sufficient extent and ...(100 of 13477 words)

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