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mineral deposit

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-017365

1. A mineral occurrence of sufficient size and grade that it might, under favorable circumstances, be considered to have economic potential.

2. Designates a natural occurrence of a useful mineral in sufficient extent and degree of concentration to invite exploitation.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-017365
FieldEnvironment
SubjectLand, waste and cleanup
ReferencesAbandoned Mine Lands (AML) Glossary; USGS Energy Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-017365",
  "term": "mineral deposit",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A mineral occurrence of sufficient size and grade that it might, under favorable circumstances, be considered to have economic potential.\n\n2. Designates a natural occurrence of a useful mineral in sufficient extent and degree of concentration to invite exploitation.",
  "subject": "Land, waste and cleanup",
  "references": [
    "Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Glossary",
    "USGS Energy Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/mineral-deposit/"
}

Record 17,365 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.