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

Traces of valuable minerals are so general in the Republic that it is said there is hardly a commune where a more or less abundant mineral deposit is not found.

From Santo Domingo A Country with a Future by Schoenrich, Otto