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Definition of "Tailings" |
Ground rock remaining after particular ore minerals (e.g., uranium oxides) are extracted. / Tailings, also called mine dumps, culm dumps, slimes, tails, refuse, leach residue or slickens, are the materials left over after the process of separating the valuable fraction from the uneconomic fraction (gangue) of an ore. Tailings are distinct from overburden, which is the waste rock or materials overlying an ore or mineral body that are displaced during mining without being processed. |
Definition of "Tailing's" |
Ground rock remaining after particular ore minerals(e.g., uranium oxides) are extracted. |
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