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HARD-ROCK MINE [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Deep Drilling (Mines)
  • Metals Mining
DEF

A mine located in hard rock, especially one difficult to drill, blast, and square up.

CONT

A hard rock mine is a tunnel that is dug into solid rock for the sole purpose of finding valuable or precious rocks, minerals, or metals.

OBS

Hard rock mines usually use drifts to obtain the rich ore, though, some hard rock mines are open pit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage profond (Mines)
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

[...] la redevance pour l'exploitation des placers est calculée sous forme de frais fixes, par unité de production; pour l'exploitation des mines en roche dure, sous forme de taxe sur la valeur des ventes nettes.

Spanish

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