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APES: Finding & Remving Nonrenewable Resources

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show concentration of naturally occurring solid, liquid, or gaseous material in or on the Earth's crust that can be extracted and processed into useful material at an affordable cost  
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show Mineral Resources  
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Metallic mineral resources   show
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show coal, uranium, oil  
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show can be replenished within a human life span ie. sun's energy, water, and oxygen  
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Nonmetallic mineral resource examples?   show
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Ore   show
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show potential supplies of a mineral resources that are assumed to exist on the basis of geologic knowledge and theory  
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show identified resources thta can be extracted economicaly at currnet prices with current technology  
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show identified & undiscovered resources not classified as reserves  
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How to find minerals to mine for   show
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show removes deep deposits  
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show removes shallow deposits  
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show overburden, spoils  
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show Machines dig open-pits, create windy path, and mine; used for copper, iron, sand, gravel, and building stone  
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Dredging   show
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Area-Strip Mining   show
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show Terraces are cut, Earthmover mines a terrace at a time and dumps overburden on already mined terrace creating spoil banks  
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show Used to extract coal, mountaintop is blown off and spoils go between mountains  
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Heap Leach Extraction Steps   show
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S vs. SS Mining: More destructive   show
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show Subsurface  
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show Subsurface  
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Longwall Mining   show
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show P: less disruptive, less wate Con: lung diseases from inhalation, dangerous, expensive  
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show pillars prevent mining from collapsing, they're knocked down in the end  
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show Narrow tunnel is dug and then supported by movable pillars, pillars are removed when mining's done, earth collapses  
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show Disturbed land/habitat, accidents, health hazards, mine waste dumping, oil spills, blowouts, noise, ugliness, heat, pollutes watersheds  
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Gangue   show
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Benefication   show
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tailing   show
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Impacts of Processing   show
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show sulfur dioxide, soot, tiny particles of arsenic, cadmium, lead, etc. all are toxic  
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Mining machinery uses fossil fuels, which emits ____, causing ___ ____ because its a greenhouse gas   show
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show heat, safety & health hazards, solid & radioactive waste, thermal water pollution, noise, ugliness  
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US 1872 Mining Law is what?   show
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How should we change the 1972 Mining Law?   show
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SMCRA 1977 stands for what?   show
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What does SMCRA do?   show
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