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overburden

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The material such as soil and rock lying above a mineral deposit that must be removed in order to work the deposit. (Source: GILP96)

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GEMET - Environmental thesaurus

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http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/aliss_scripts/concept/5956

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