Enum: MiningType

Types of mining operations

URI: valuesets:MiningType

Permissible Values

Value	Title	Meaning	Description	Access	Aliases	Category	Depth	Environment	Equipment	Materials	Method	Region	Target
OPEN_PIT	quarry	ENVO:00000284	Open-pit mining			surface	shallow to deep
STRIP_MINING	opencast mining	ENVO:01001441	Strip mining		surface mining, opencast mining	surface
MOUNTAINTOP_REMOVAL			Mountaintop removal mining			surface						primarily Appalachian
QUARRYING	quarry	ENVO:00000284	Quarrying			surface				stone, sand, gravel
PLACER	alluvial deposit	ENVO:01001204	Placer mining			surface							alluvial deposits
DREDGING			Dredging			surface/underwater		rivers, harbors, seas
SHAFT_MINING			Shaft mining	vertical shaft		underground
DRIFT_MINING			Drift mining	horizontal tunnel		underground
SLOPE_MINING			Slope mining	inclined shaft		underground
ROOM_AND_PILLAR			Room and pillar mining			underground					leaves pillars for support
LONGWALL			Longwall mining			underground					progressive slice extraction
BLOCK_CAVING			Block caving			underground					gravity-assisted
SOLUTION_MINING			Solution mining (in-situ leaching)			specialized					chemical dissolution
HYDRAULIC_MINING			Hydraulic mining			specialized					high-pressure water
ARTISANAL			Artisanal and small-scale mining			small-scale			minimal mechanization
DEEP_SEA			Deep sea mining			marine	ocean floor

Slots

Name	Description
mining	Types of mining operations

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

• from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: MiningType
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Types of mining operations
title: Mining Type
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  OPEN_PIT:
    text: OPEN_PIT
    description: Open-pit mining
    meaning: ENVO:00000284
    annotations:
      category:
        tag: category
        value: surface
      depth:
        tag: depth
        value: shallow to deep
    title: quarry
  STRIP_MINING:
    text: STRIP_MINING
    description: Strip mining
    meaning: ENVO:01001441
    annotations:
      category:
        tag: category
        value: surface
      aliases:
        tag: aliases
        value: surface mining, opencast mining
    title: opencast mining
  MOUNTAINTOP_REMOVAL:
    text: MOUNTAINTOP_REMOVAL
    description: Mountaintop removal mining
    annotations:
      category:
        tag: category
        value: surface
      region:
        tag: region
        value: primarily Appalachian
  QUARRYING:
    text: QUARRYING
    description: Quarrying
    meaning: ENVO:00000284
    annotations:
      category:
        tag: category
        value: surface
      materials:
        tag: materials
        value: stone, sand, gravel
    title: quarry
  PLACER:
    text: PLACER
    description: Placer mining
    meaning: ENVO:01001204
    annotations:
      category:
        tag: category
        value: surface
      target:
        tag: target
        value: alluvial deposits
    title: alluvial deposit
  DREDGING:
    text: DREDGING
    description: Dredging
    annotations:
      category:
        tag: category
        value: surface/underwater
      environment:
        tag: environment
        value: rivers, harbors, seas
  SHAFT_MINING:
    text: SHAFT_MINING
    description: Shaft mining
    annotations:
      category:
        tag: category
        value: underground
      access:
        tag: access
        value: vertical shaft
  DRIFT_MINING:
    text: DRIFT_MINING
    description: Drift mining
    annotations:
      category:
        tag: category
        value: underground
      access:
        tag: access
        value: horizontal tunnel
  SLOPE_MINING:
    text: SLOPE_MINING
    description: Slope mining
    annotations:
      category:
        tag: category
        value: underground
      access:
        tag: access
        value: inclined shaft
  ROOM_AND_PILLAR:
    text: ROOM_AND_PILLAR
    description: Room and pillar mining
    annotations:
      category:
        tag: category
        value: underground
      method:
        tag: method
        value: leaves pillars for support
  LONGWALL:
    text: LONGWALL
    description: Longwall mining
    annotations:
      category:
        tag: category
        value: underground
      method:
        tag: method
        value: progressive slice extraction
  BLOCK_CAVING:
    text: BLOCK_CAVING
    description: Block caving
    annotations:
      category:
        tag: category
        value: underground
      method:
        tag: method
        value: gravity-assisted
  SOLUTION_MINING:
    text: SOLUTION_MINING
    description: Solution mining (in-situ leaching)
    annotations:
      category:
        tag: category
        value: specialized
      method:
        tag: method
        value: chemical dissolution
  HYDRAULIC_MINING:
    text: HYDRAULIC_MINING
    description: Hydraulic mining
    annotations:
      category:
        tag: category
        value: specialized
      method:
        tag: method
        value: high-pressure water
  ARTISANAL:
    text: ARTISANAL
    description: Artisanal and small-scale mining
    annotations:
      category:
        tag: category
        value: small-scale
      equipment:
        tag: equipment
        value: minimal mechanization
  DEEP_SEA:
    text: DEEP_SEA
    description: Deep sea mining
    annotations:
      category:
        tag: category
        value: marine
      depth:
        tag: depth
        value: ocean floor