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

Under the current law, companies and individuals can gain exclusive rights over public minerals by “staking” a claim, which consists of driving a wooden or metal stake into the ground over a mineral deposit.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2021

If a miner is granted a license, and if the mining company can then demonstrate that a valuable mineral deposit exists at the site, the federal government would grant it a lease.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2021

The precipice over which it fell was nothing but a mineral deposit from the water, building higher every year.

From Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico by Kolb, E. L. (Ellsworth Leonardson)