Open pit mine definition
Open pit mine means an excavation made at the surface of the ground for the purpose of extracting minerals, inorganic and organic, from their natural deposits, which excavation is open to the surface.
Open pit mine means an excavation worked from the surface and open to daylight.
Open pit mine means a mine that is worked from the exposed surface and includes a strip mine, quarry, gravel pit, sand pit and clay pit;
More Definitions of Open pit mine
Open pit mine means a mine worked by removal of over-lying strata and subsequent excavation of exposed coal in terrain that is not flat or substantially flat;
Open pit mine means an excavation made at the surface of the ground for the purpose of extracting
Open pit mine means a mine that is entirely on surface. Also referred to as open-cut or open-cast mine;