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pit limit
Either the vertical or lateral extent to which the mining of a mineral deposit by open pitting may be economically carried. The cost of removing overburden or waste material versus the minable value of the ore so exposed is usually the factor controlling the limits of a pit.
- Kalbos dalis: noun
- Pramonės šaka / sritis: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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