Overburden definition

Overburden means any material of any nature, consolidated or unconsolidated, that overlies a mineral deposit, excluding topsoil or similar naturally occurring surface materials that are not disturbed by mining operations.

Overburden means any unconsolidated material that overlies bedrock.

Overburden means all of the earth and other materials which lie above natural minerals and also means such earth and other materials disturbed from their natural state in the process of mining.

Examples of Overburden in a sentence

• The MDOP shall not dump any Overburden and waste materials at the pithead at any point of time and shall keep the mining debris on the dumping ground at its own cost.

• Providing earth-moving machineries and other mining machineries for mining of mineral and removing Overburden and waste material for satisfactory functioning of the Mines in accordance (as may be required) with Approved Mining Plan, Mines Act, Regulations, Mines Rule, By Laws and Order made there under.

• Overburden and other mine waste materials are often removed during the initial development of a mine site in order to access the mineral deposit.

• Overburden stripping began in 1969 and, in July 1970, ISR production was halted.

• Heavy Mineral Concentrate Samples were submitted to Overburden Drilling Management for indicator mineral counts, with results pending.

More Definitions of Overburden

Overburden means soil, rock, or other materials that lie above a natural mineral deposit or in between mineral deposits, before or after their removal by surface mining operations.

Overburden means the earth, rock, soil, and topsoil that lie above mineral deposits.

Overburden means earth and other materials that lie above natural minerals and includes earth and other materials that are disturbed from their natural state in the process of extracting construction materials.

Overburden means all of the earth and other materials which lie above natural mineral deposits and includes all earth and other materials disturbed from their natural state in the process of mining.

Overburden. ’ means materials that overlie a mineral deposit.

Overburden means the soil, rock and similar materials that lie above natural deposits of minerals.

Overburden means all of the earth and other materials which lie above the natural deposits of material being mined or to be mined.