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
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
