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  • Thumbnail for Overburden
    In mining, overburden (also called waste or spoil) is the material that lies above an area that lends itself to economical exploitation, such as the rock...
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  • Pressure is force magnitude applied over an area. Overburden pressure is a geology term that denotes the pressure caused by the weight of the overlying...
    2 KB (318 words) - 17:40, 13 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60
    F60 is the series designation of five overburden conveyor bridges used in brown coal (lignite) opencast mining in the Lusatian coalfields in Germany. They...
    9 KB (926 words) - 10:24, 4 June 2024
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    increasingly large overburden. Previously, researchers believed that the compaction of overlying sediment and subsequent decrease in buoyancy led to salt rising...
    12 KB (1,449 words) - 19:33, 13 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Surface mining
    Surface mining (category Articles to be expanded from March 2021)
    which soil and rock overlying the mineral deposit (the overburden) are removed, in contrast to underground mining, in which the overlying rock is left...
    27 KB (3,206 words) - 17:17, 19 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bagger 288
    bucket-wheel excavators are powered by an external power source, and the Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60s hold the title of largest land vehicle of any type...
    11 KB (953 words) - 06:11, 19 May 2024
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    large-scale open-pit mining operations, removing thousands of tons of overburden a day. What sets them apart from other large-scale mining equipment, such...
    13 KB (1,709 words) - 15:28, 24 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Coal mining
    method depends primarily on depth, density, overburden, and thickness of the coal seam; seams relatively close to the surface, at depths less than approximately...
    77 KB (11,774 words) - 12:02, 28 April 2024
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    the vegetation, top soil, and overburden to expose the bauxite ore. The overlying soil is typically stockpiled in order to rehabilitate the mine once operations...
    26 KB (2,894 words) - 03:33, 11 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Caterpillar D11
    employed to push-load scrapers, and rip rock overburden. D11s are manufactured in East Peoria, Illinois. The D11N was introduced in February 1986 to replace...
    10 KB (1,273 words) - 07:39, 15 April 2024
  • times, more aggressive than the first one." The song "Overburdened" is about soldiers going to Hell. Draiman said that the song "Guarded" is about Draiman...
    26 KB (1,811 words) - 23:19, 29 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Big Muskie
    had stripped all the overburden in one area of the pit, it could move itself short distances (usually less than 1 mile [1.6 km]) to another pre-prepared...
    11 KB (1,015 words) - 09:43, 22 May 2024
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    Archived from the original on July 1, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019. "Overburden and Neglect". New-York Tribune. July 27, 1901. p. 2. Archived from the...
    241 KB (22,441 words) - 04:17, 15 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Open-pit mining
    commercially useful ore or rocks are found near the surface where the overburden is relatively thin. In contrast, deeper mineral deposits can be reached...
    19 KB (2,435 words) - 02:38, 6 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Landship
    the only ground vehicle to be referred with a naval classification. Large mining vehicles used in open-pit mining. The Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60 is...
    19 KB (2,199 words) - 22:54, 15 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Salt deformation
    through its overburden. Viscosity is a measure of the resistance of fluids to flow that can be represented by the ratio of shear stress to shear strain...
    30 KB (3,521 words) - 16:12, 8 January 2024
  • to the mining and associated industries. The TAKRAF portfolio covers high-capacity run-of-mine and bulk material handling from overburden removal, to...
    22 KB (2,321 words) - 03:57, 20 May 2024
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    Plymouth, Montserrat (category Articles to be expanded from January 2010)
    types were mostly compact, having a density similar to that of concrete. The removal of the overburden would have required the use of explosives, bulldozers...
    18 KB (1,308 words) - 18:09, 18 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Native Americans in the United States
    raped or assaulted by a non-Indian, she must plead for justice to already overburdened United States attorneys who are often hundreds of miles away. "NIGA:...
    345 KB (35,322 words) - 03:38, 15 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lernacken
    flint nodules. According to the SGU (Geological Survey of Sweden) is the age of the paleozoic rocks 65.5–61.1 Ma. The overburden was transported with two...
    3 KB (311 words) - 03:17, 6 April 2024
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