Nonrenewable/minerals resouce vocab

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Natural inorganic solid with a specific chemical composition and orderly structure.

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Mineral

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Mineral with economic value?

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ore mineral

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Deposit with concentrated valuable minerals?

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placer deposit

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Process of restoring land post-mining?

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Reclamation

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Sinking of ground regions with minimal horizontal movement.

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subsidence

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Mining method for extracting ore from below the surface?

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subsurface mining

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Mining method that removes soil and rocks to access coal or minerals?

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Surface mining

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Melting ore to separate impurities from pure metal.

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smelting

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Device converting mechanical to electrical energy?

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electric generator

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Oil deposit in commercial production?

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oil reserves