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Overburden

In mining, overburden (also called waste or spoil) is the material that lies above an area that lends itself to economical exploitation, such as the rock, soil, and ecosystem that lies above a coal seam or ore body. Overburden is distinct from tailings, the material that remains after economically valuable components have been extracted from the…

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Overburden

Nodes18
Edges17
Triples19
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.111111
Components1

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Overburden

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related to References · 15
Overburden → Alexandria, American Geological Institute, Bates, Byrnes, Changes, Characteristics, Daniels, Glossary, Haering, Jackson, Journal, McFee, Roberts, Stockton, Virginia
related to External links · 3
Overburden → The, Wiktionary, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Analogous uses · 1
Overburden → By

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also material mining soil coal used lies ore components tailings spoil area may site interest reclamation important mine journal environmental

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Overburdenrelated to Analogous usesBy0.60section
Overburdenrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Overburdenrelated to External linksThe0.60section
Overburdenrelated to External linksWiktionary0.60section
Overburdenrelated to ReferencesBates0.60section
Overburdenrelated to ReferencesJackson0.60section
Overburdenrelated to ReferencesGlossary0.60section
Overburdenrelated to ReferencesAmerican Geological Institute0.60section
Overburdenrelated to ReferencesAlexandria0.60section
Overburdenrelated to ReferencesVirginia0.60section
Overburdenrelated to ReferencesHaering0.60section
Overburdenrelated to ReferencesDaniels0.60section

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