https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68 Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2021-01-27 03:14:02 UTC 2021-01-27 20:58:51 UTC hello@padlet.com ahinoj0914 https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133704698 What is mining? Mining is the process of obtaining minerals from the ground. The most common minerals that are mined are gold, diamond, phosphorus bearing rock, gravel and coal]]> 2021-01-27 20:24:44 UTC https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133704698 https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133705042 open-pit mine. pit of land where they mine from the surface.]]> 2021-01-27 20:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133705042 https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133705429 Strip mining is when you harvest minerals one strip at a time. Just cut through the ground.]]> 2021-01-27 20:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133705429 https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133710559 When they are harvested is called ore. You have high quality ore and low quality ore.]]> 2021-01-27 20:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133710559 https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133714869 Mountain-top removal is a method that involves destroying mountain top and mining.

]]> 2021-01-27 20:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133714869 https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133723783 Overburden: Overburden is the soil on top of the target ore
Spoils: Spoils is the same soil but different placement. Spoils is the soil that is set aside once the ore is reached in the ground]]> 2021-01-27 20:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133723783 https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133725404 The two different kinds of mining:
-surface mining
-subsurface mining]]> 2021-01-27 20:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133725404 https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133728031 Mountaintop removal:
Going after coal by digging down at the mountain.]]> 2021-01-27 20:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133728031 https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133731720 Negative impacts of mining: 
-expensive
-loss of biodiversity
-use of fossil fuels
-habitat destruction
-negative impacts of water nearby]]> 2021-01-27 20:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133731720 https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133733635 Spoils: When overburden soil is moved to a different area. Most times miners put this soil back on top after the targeted ore is reached.  ]]> 2021-01-27 20:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133733635 https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133738616 Surface mining Is just like how it sounds! its mining on the surface of the ground.]]> 2021-01-27 20:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133738616 https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133741114 Different minerals require different methods of refinement such as heating or chemical application]]> 2021-01-27 20:34:38 UTC https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133741114 https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133741590 Different types of minerals that are mined!
-gold
-gravel
-diamond
-phosphorus 
-coal]]> 2021-01-27 20:34:47 UTC https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133741590 https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133746991 Tailings are impurities that were once in the ore, taken out and put into piles like spoils.]]> 2021-01-27 20:36:23 UTC https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133746991 https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133752780 Cyanide heap leaching is ore stacked on top of one another with cyanide that breaks down the impurities. This is called a waste slurry.]]> 2021-01-27 20:38:06 UTC https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133752780 https://padlet.com/1dcgilber11/xw1b2ac1hu2uih68/wish/1133755716 Strip mining is huge and mines one strip at a time.

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