Question

What is mine? Name three different types of mining prevalent in India

Answer 1

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an orebody

1) surface mining
2)sub surface mining

Answer 2

Answer:

Mining is the process of “extraction of valuable minerals” from the ‘earth or other geological materials’, usually from the deposits of “ore, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer”.  

Explanation:

Mining methods can be split into two prevalent kinds of excavation: “surface mining and underground mining”. Ground mining are mostly occurs in the United States and they obtain almost 85% of minerals along with 98% of metal ores.

Three different types of mining prevalent in India are as follows:

1. Deep-shaft mining.
2. Open pit mining.
3. Quarrying