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Abandoned mine land

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-000107

Abandoned mine land is the land, waters, and surrounding watersheds contaminated or scarred by the extraction, beneficiation or processing of coal, ores and minerals. It includes areas where mining or processing activity is determined to have ceased.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-000107
FieldEnvironment
SubjectEnvironmental events
AbbreviationAML
ReferencesDOI Bureau of Land Management Abandoned Mine Portal at http://www.abandonedmines.gov/aa.html
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-000107",
  "term": "Abandoned mine land",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Abandoned Mine Land",
  "definition": "Abandoned mine land is the land, waters, and surrounding watersheds contaminated or scarred by the extraction, beneficiation or processing of coal, ores and minerals. It includes areas where mining or processing activity is determined to have ceased.",
  "abbreviation": "AML",
  "subject": "Environmental events",
  "references": [
    "DOI Bureau of Land Management Abandoned Mine Portal at http://www.abandonedmines.gov/aa.html"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/abandoned-mine-land/"
}

Record 106 of 29,894 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.