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mineral deposit

natural concentration of raw materials in the earth's crust, the mining of which is economically worthwhile
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mineral deposit

Summary

mineral deposit has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • mineral deposit is a type of natural geographic object[2].
  • mineral deposit is a type of geological deposit[3].
  • mineral deposit is part of subsurface[4].
  • mineral deposit's Commons category is recorded as Mineral deposits[5].
  • mineral deposit's said to be the same as is recorded as Q9393525[6].
  • mineral deposit comprises ore deposit[7].
  • mineral deposit's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mineral deposits[8].
  • mineral deposit's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • mineral deposit's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[10].
  • mineral deposit's topic has template is recorded as Template:Deposit[11].
  • mineral deposit's different from is recorded as raw material deposit[12].
  • mineral deposit's different from is recorded as geologic province[13].
  • mineral deposit's different from is recorded as storage facility[14].
  • mineral deposit's studied by is recorded as economic geology[15].
  • mineral deposit's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000255[16].
  • mineral deposit's contains is recorded as mineral resource[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include natural geographic object[2] and geological deposit[3].

Use and Application

mineral deposit comprises ore deposit[7]. It is part of subsurface[4].

Why It Matters

mineral deposit has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

economic geology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Template:Deposit
    Wellcome collection concept id → tu6j9nsh
    Svkkl authority id → h0008289-mineralni-loziska
    Aliases → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0008289-mineralni-loziska, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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