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surface mining

Summary

surface mining ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (756 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • surface mining is a type of mineral extraction[2].
  • surface mining is a type of mining[3].
  • surface mining's Commons category is recorded as Surface mining[4].
  • surface mining is the opposite of underground mining[5].
  • surface mining's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Surface mining[6].
  • surface mining's uses is recorded as surface mine[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include mineral extraction[2] and mining[3]. surface mining is the opposite of underground mining[5].

Why It Matters

surface mining ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (756 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

mining

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.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Basisklassifikation → 57.12
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P5748]]: 57.12, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/59770198|Tagebau (#59770198)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/1786|Basisklassifikation]] #mix'n"
  2. 5w ago · Lutzto · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 4058898-1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P227]]: 4058898-1"
  3. 9w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0318217-povrchove-dobyvani
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0318217-povrchove-dobyvani, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  4. 12w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Thésaurus de la désignation des œuvres architecturales et des espaces aménagés id → 692
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P4980]]: 692, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P4980]]"
  5. 12w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → underground mining
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2697721
    Uses → surface mine
    Subclass of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P4980]]: T96-692, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/42482955|mine à ciel ouvert (#42482955)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/1095|Thésaurus Archi"
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