mining geology

American  

noun

1. geology applied to the exploitation of mineral deposits.

---

Etymology

Origin of mining geology

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Mr Osman, who held a masters degree in mining geology, had boarded the plane on the evening of 18 May 2016 for a business trip.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

Her career, which she calls “higgledy-piggledy,” stretches from mining geology to venture capital to banking to becoming the first female chief executive of CSIRO, an Australian scientific research agency.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2018

“The quality of the mining geology of the area is very good,” Marco Saravalle, an equity analyst at Coinvalores Corretora de Valores in Sao Paulo, said today in a telephone interview.

From BusinessWeek • Apr. 8, 2011

I attend lectures at the Jardin du Roi, on mining, geology, chemistry, and zoölogy, all gratis! by the first men....

From Famous Men of Science by Bolton, Sarah K.