hard-rock mine
C28960
concept
A hard-rock mine is an underground or open-pit excavation where solid rock containing valuable minerals or metals is drilled, blasted, and processed for extraction.
Observed surface forms (3)
- bauxite mine ×5
- metal mine complex ×1
- underground mine complex ×1
Instances (9)
- Kennedy Mine
- Argonaut Mine
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Gove Peninsula
via concept surface "bauxite mine"
surface form: Gove bauxite mine
- Gove bauxite mine via concept surface "bauxite mine"
- Mount Isa Mines via concept surface "underground mine complex"
- Laxey Mines via concept surface "metal mine complex"
- East Weipa Mine via concept surface "bauxite mine"
- Andoom Mine via concept surface "bauxite mine"
- Amrun Mine via concept surface "bauxite mine"