mineral deposit

collocation in English

meaningsofmineralanddeposit

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mineral
adjective
uk
/ˈmɪn.ər.əl/us
/ˈmɪn.ər.əl/
being or consisting of a mineral ...
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deposit
noun
uk
/dɪˈpɒz.ɪt/us
/dɪˈpɑː.zɪt/
a substance or layer that is left, usually after a liquid ...
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(Definition ofmineralanddepositfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One would ideally like to estimate (19) for eachmineraldepositin each country.
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They are not related at all to expenditure incurred, but to the quantum extracted from themineraldeposit.
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It is regarded as a world-class rare-earthmineraldeposit.
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After cooling of themineraldeposit, the water returned and the reaction started again.
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It sometimes happens that the purchaser of themineraldepositbuys from one and the same seller the land adjacent; there is one transaction.
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It may well be that the processing plant may not have come to the end of its useful life at the time when themineraldepositis exhausted.
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No one has advanced the view this afternoon that there was anything particularly wrong or uneconomic in our methods of extracting the iron oremineraldeposit.
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It is a series of six deep blue lakes separated by natural dams made of travertine, amineraldeposit.
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Thanks to the limits, municipalities lying in protectedmineraldepositareas or mining areas can actually do something.
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Salt is also an important part of their diets, and groups may stay at amineraldepositfor several days.
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For this purpose, the term property means each separate interest businesses own in eachmineraldepositin each separate tract or parcel of land.
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Sub-surface mining can be classified by the type of access shafts used, the extraction method or the technique used to reach themineraldeposit.
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The town was officially founded shortly after a largemineraldepositwas discovered in the area in the very late 18th century.
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In the summer of 1975, they had conducted test drilling of 25 electro-magnetic areas, which confirmed that there was indeed amineraldeposit.
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The mountainous areas, and lands close to the river shore, some of which are privately owned is rich inmineraldepositof silica.
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The raw data that is used for industrialmineraldepositmodeling can be classified into two major types: borehole and non-borehole data.
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The natural nuclear reactors formed when a uranium-richmineraldepositbecame inundated with groundwater that acted as a neutron moderator, and a strong chain reaction took place.
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They are thought to be formed when water travels through the tube and then evaporates, leaving a smallmineraldepositat the end, but there is no scientific consensus yet.
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To gain access to themineraldepositwithin an area it is often necessary to mine through or remove waste material which is not of immediate interest to the miner.
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