former mine
C28507
concept
A former mine is a site where mineral extraction has ceased, leaving behind altered landscapes, structures, and potential environmental legacies from past mining activities.
Observed surface forms (6)
- former coal mine ×8
- former copper mine ×1
- former iron mine ×1
- former lead-mining site ×1
- former mining site ×1
- former open-pit mine ×1
Instances (18)
- Snibston Colliery site via concept surface "former coal mine"
- Zeche Nachtigall via concept surface "former coal mine"
- Chislehurst Caves
- Big Pit colliery via concept surface "former coal mine"
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Blegny
via concept surface "former coal mine"
surface form: Blegny-Mine
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Gunnislake
surface form: Gunnislake Clitters mine
- Soudan Underground Mine State Park via concept surface "former iron mine"
- Bois du Cazier via concept surface "former coal mine"
- Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex via concept surface "former coal mine"
- Mir mine
- Botallack Mine
- Republic Mine pit lake via concept surface "former open-pit mine"
- Priddy Mineries via concept surface "former lead-mining site"
- Ganina Yama
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Prosper-Haniel coal mine (former)
via concept surface "former coal mine"
surface form: Prosper-Haniel coal mine
- Anaconda Copper Mine (near Yerington) via concept surface "former mining site"
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Blégny
via concept surface "former coal mine"
surface form: Blegny-Mine
- Sygun Copper Mine area via concept surface "former copper mine"