Mine tailings

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004131",
  "term": "Mine tailings",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Material separated as refuse or separately treated as inferior in quality or value. The sand, gravel and cobbles which pass through sluices in placer mining. Refuse material resulting from the washing, concentration or treatment of ground ore. The residual after most of a valuable ore has been extracted.",
  "synonyms": [
    "mining tailings"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "wastes",
    "mined soils",
    "mining",
    "mine spoil"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "residuos mineros"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/mine-tailings/"
}