mineral deposit
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The average time between discovering a new copper mineral deposit and getting a permit to build a mine is about 20 years, according to Simon.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
Others used the recent neologism “renkuang,” which combines the characters for human and for a mine or mineral deposit, to voice displeasure at being treated like a raw resource exploited for economic ends.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 23, 2023
NASA's Curiosity rover captured an image of this mineral deposit, which is just two-fifths of an inch wide.
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2022
“Simply knowing the existence of a mineral deposit that’s attractive geologically does not guarantee commercial viability,” said professor Rod Eggert, deputy director of the Critical Materials Institute at the Colorado School of Mines.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2021
They then grazed along the sides, and spent some time licking at a place where there was evidently a mineral deposit.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
