Question

minerals and mining defination
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Answer 1

Explanation:

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposit. Mining in a wider sense includes extraction of any non-renewable resource such as petroleum, natural gas, or even water.

Answer 2

Answer:

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposit. ... Ores recovered by mining include metals, coal, oil shale, gemstones, limestone, chalk, dimension stone, rock salt, potash, gravel, and clay.