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Dead ground

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-001588

Rock or material encountered during mining that contains no valuable minerals or is uneconomical to extract. This material must still be excavated to access the ore body or to create necessary mine infrastructure. It is often used as backfill or disposed of as waste rock.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-001588
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectMining and extraction
TranslationsGerman: taubes Gestein; Spanish: terreno estéril; French: stérile
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-001588",
  "term": "Dead ground",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "Rock or material encountered during mining that contains no valuable minerals or is uneconomical to extract. This material must still be excavated to access the ore body or to create necessary mine infrastructure. It is often used as backfill or disposed of as waste rock.",
  "subject": "Mining and extraction",
  "translations": {
    "de": "taubes Gestein",
    "es": "terreno estéril",
    "fr": "stérile"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/dead-ground/"
}

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