solution mining

noun

1. removal of a soluble mineral by dissolving it and leaching it out, as in the Frasch process.

Example Sentences

The ranch’s drinking well taps the shallow aquifer where the solution mining is expected to occur, Wilcox said.

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A 1981 state law encouraged drilling and specifically declared, “The provisions of this article shall supersede all local laws or ordinances relating to the regulation of the oil, gas, and solution mining industries; but shall not supersede local government jurisdiction over local roads or the rights of local governments under the real property tax law.”

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The issue in the New York court case was whether towns such as Dryden and Middlefield, which includes part of the village of Cooperstown, have the right to limit oil and gas drilling through their local zoning laws or whether the state’s Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Law preempts the home-rule authority to regulate land use.

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The bans "do more than just regulate land use; they regulate oil, gas and solution mining industries under the pretext of zoning," wrote Pigott, who was joined by Judge Robert Smith.

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Norse Energy in Dryden and landowner Cooperstown Holstein Corp in Middlefield, sought approval by the court to declare that the zoning laws were preempted by the state Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Law.

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