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quarrying

process of removing rock, sand, gravel or other minerals from the ground in order to use them to produce materials for construction or other uses
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quarrying

Summary

Key Facts

  • quarrying is a type of surface mining[1].
  • quarrying's Commons category is recorded as Quarrying[2].
  • quarrying's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Quarrying[3].

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Definition and Type

quarrying is a type of surface mining[1].

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  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Leon II · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imported from → —
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/1227235m
    A dictionary of geology and earth sciences entry id → 6906
    Wikidata description → process of removing rock, sand, gravel or other minerals from the ground in orde
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P373]]: Quarrying"
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