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hillside quarry
A quarry cut into and along the hillside; may comprise a single face or a series of benches. If the depth of face is not more than about 30 ft (9 m) it can be worked in one cut, but deeper faces are usually worked in two or more benches.
- Kalbos dalis: noun
- Pramonės šaka / sritis: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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