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
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
Under the federal income tax a capital value is placed on the mineral deposit as of March 1, 1913, which total capital value may be increased with subsequent discoveries.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith
