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What (who) is overburden$56411$ - definition
Overburden
EARTH AND ROCK COVERING A MINERAL DEPOSIT
Interburden
·noun The waste which overlies good stone in a quarry.
II. Overburden ·vt To load with too great weight or too much care, ·etc.
overburden
EARTH AND ROCK COVERING A MINERAL DEPOSIT
Interburden
¦ verb burden excessively.
¦ noun
1. rock or soil overlying a mineral deposit, archaeological site, etc.
2. an excessive burden.
Derivatives
overburdensome adjective
Overburden
EARTH AND ROCK COVERING A MINERAL DEPOSIT
Interburden
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, soil, and ecosystem that lies above a coal seam or ore body. Overburden is distinct from tailings, the material that remains after economically valuable components have been extracted from the generally finely milled ore.
