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mine

Place for the extraction of minerals

Entitytype of mining site facility typeQ820477

Also known as mining site · industrial mine · mining facility

Instance of: type of mining site
, facility type
Subclass of: facility
, source of material
, geographical feature
+1 more

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Mining is the extraction of geological materials and minerals from Earth's surface. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or feasibly made artificially in a laboratory or factory. Ores recovered by mining include metals, coal, oil shale, gemstones, limestone, chalk, dimension stone, rock salt, potash, gravel, and clay. The ore must be a rock or mineral that contains a valuable constituent, can be extracted or mined, and sold for profit. Mining in a wider sense includes extraction of any non-renewable resource such as petroleum, natural gas, or even water.

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Members / parts: transport structure
stockpile
mine opening
Product or material produced: mineral resource
Uses: mineral deposit
Different from: ore mine
underground mine
Has use: mineral extraction
OpenStreetMap tag: industrial=mine
Operator: mining company
SRGB color hex triplet: 8E8D91

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AIDB. (2026). mine (Q820477). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/mine-Q820477