mineral deposit

Example Sentences

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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

In the 1970s, geologists confirmed what a local bush pilot long suspected: The red-stained creeks that veined the tundra hinted at a massive mineral deposit.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2023

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

They liken their work to a game of Battleship — each hole drilled allows them to better map out where a massive and long-hidden mineral deposit is lurking below.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2022

Farther on there was a splendid mineral deposit owned by aliens and worked by aliens.

From Public Opinion by Lippmann, Walter