mining geology

noun

1. geology applied to the exploitation of mineral deposits.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mining geology¹

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.

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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.

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"I wanted to see whether I would miss the job and discovered I didn't miss it much at all," says Birch, who has a doctorate in mining geology from Imperial College London.

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