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Entry: tailing

URI: https://data.geoscience.earth/ncl/INSPIRE/MineralOccurrenceTypeValue/tailing

Tailings are the materials left over after the process of separating the valuable fraction from the uneconomic fraction (gangue) of an ore. Tailings are distinct from overburden, which is the waste rock or other material that overlies an ore or mineral body and is displaced during mining without being processed.

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submitted bySophie Chaduteau
accepted on 16 Jul 2026 11:52:17.021

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date accepted 16 Jul 2026 11:52:17.021
date submitted 16 Jul 2026 09:26:30.328
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entity tailing
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item class Concept
label tailing
notation tailing
register mineral occurrence type value
status status experimental
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account name s.chaduteau@brgm.fr
name Sophie Chaduteau

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definition Tailings are the materials left over after the process of separating the valuable fraction from the uneconomic fraction (gangue) of an ore. Tailings are distinct from overburden, which is the waste rock or other material that overlies an ore or mineral body and is displaced during mining without being processed.
in scheme Mineral Occurrence Type Value
notation tailing
pref label tailing
type Concept

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