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Why are open pit mining and strip mining both considered to be surface mining?
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Because - the mining company simply 'strips' off the surface layer of soil to get at the layer of ore underneath.
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Why are open pit mining and strip mining both considered to be surface mining.?
Because - the mining company simply 'strips' off the surface layer of soil to get at the layer of ore underneath.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of mining?
The advantage is that it supplies raw materials (metals, coal) that are needed to build and maintain modern industries and economies.The disadvantages include:The depletion of resources rather than the reuse of existing materials, or use of materials readily available on the surface (e.g. hydropower, solar power instead of coal and uranium)The damage to both underground and surface environments (e.g. produced water, coal slag, strip mining)The danger posed to men engaged in mining (cave-ins, explosions, gas, black-lung disease, asbestosis, silicosis, and radiation sickness)Reasons for MiningGold, diamonds and ores such as uranium supply national governments with trading goods, and provide jobs for millions of miners.Mining is essential to modern society. The computer you are using to read this contains about 37 materials that came from mining. The electricity to power it may come from coal, oil, or gas brought from underground.
Is gold surface or underground mining?
It can be both. Right now, the largest gold mine in Australia is an open pit mine. However, The Homestake mine in South Dakota was 8000 ft deep- an underground mine with 375 miles of passageways. It all depends on where the gold is located.
What is an example of convection in earths surface?
Not within the surface rocks, but at surface level yes. Air and water both convect.
What do primary and surface waves have in common?
Both waves travel along Earth's surface and decrease in amplitude with depth below the surface.
Why are open pit mining and strip mining both considered to be surface mining.?
Because - the mining company simply 'strips' off the surface layer of soil to get at the layer of ore underneath.
What kind of mining does Wyoming do?
Both surface and underground mining are found in Wyoming.
Is silver taken from the Earth by surface mined or subsurfaced mined?
Both. It may be a byproduct of surface mining, or may be an underground mine.
Is a magnetic strip an input or an output?
A could be considered both an input and an output. Data can be written to the strip. Data can also be read from the strip. When data is written to the strip it the strip could be considered the input. When data is read from the strip it could be considered the output. Just my personal opinion
Common noun of comic strip?
both comic strip they are both one word
Is submarine considered as a vessel why?
A submarine is a sea-going vessel, both on the surface and under the water.
Is mining a physical or chemical property?
it is both
What are the advantages and disadvantages of mining?
The advantage is that it supplies raw materials (metals, coal) that are needed to build and maintain modern industries and economies.The disadvantages include:The depletion of resources rather than the reuse of existing materials, or use of materials readily available on the surface (e.g. hydropower, solar power instead of coal and uranium)The damage to both underground and surface environments (e.g. produced water, coal slag, strip mining)The danger posed to men engaged in mining (cave-ins, explosions, gas, black-lung disease, asbestosis, silicosis, and radiation sickness)Reasons for MiningGold, diamonds and ores such as uranium supply national governments with trading goods, and provide jobs for millions of miners.Mining is essential to modern society. The computer you are using to read this contains about 37 materials that came from mining. The electricity to power it may come from coal, oil, or gas brought from underground.
What are 2 human practices that go against sustainability?
Two (2) human practices that go against sustainability include forest clear cutting and strip mining. Both of these practices tend to destroy the land rather than sustain it.
Does gold mining have a positive effect on the environment?
No, gold mining has no positive effects on the environment. Gold mining can be viewed as the recovery of surface gold (placer mining) or deep rock mining. In either event the recovery of the gold requires the removal and disposal of large amounts of waste rock (gangue) - both as rock and as fine taillings. These materials are often contaminated with cyanide, heavy metals and potentially mercury from the recovery processes. Eithern as pure rock they can cover the bottoms of lakes and streams destroying the ecosystems present there.
What is the maximum depth from which a pump on the surface can suck up water?
10.3 meters.But if the pump has a long tube immersed in the water, say as on a suction mining plant, then the 10.3m limit applies only to the part of the pipe above the surface.(And in both answers ignoring altitude effects.)
Is strip a noun or verb?
Both. As a noun: "He loved bacon, but mindful of his cholesterol, he had only one strip."As a verb: "He decided to strip the table before restaining it".
