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Newmont Mining Corporation: The Mining Process
This site describes the process of mining for gold. Covers exploration, determining the mining method, analyzing the impact, building and operating the mine, ore processing, mine closure, and the reclamation process.
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Caterpillar: Ground Rules: Mining Right for a Sustainable Future [Pdf]
This set of lesson plans was developed to accompany Ground Rules: Mining Right for a Sustainable Future, a documentary film created by Caterpillar and Science North. They introduce students to the various phases involved in mining,...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Difference Between Surface and Underground Mining
Explains what surface and subsurface mining are, which ores are suited to each, their main differences, the types of mining within each category, and the advantages and disadvantages of surface and underground mining.
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Oresome Resources: Mining Helps Make Your House Interactive
An interactive activity for you to find out how much your lifestyle depends on mining. Students select household items and learn facts about their chemical nature, properties and uses, their origins in the Earth, mining, and production.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Finding and Mining Ores
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identifies some of the valuable minerals and metals, and how they are located, mined, and refined.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Environmental Impacts of Mining
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes types of mining, their environmental costs, and reclamation.