Arsenic contamination of historically mined areas is a problem across the Western U.S. [7], and is not limited to lode gold deposits, but also occurs in porphyry copper and other types of base metal deposits [8].
Restoring self-sustaining tropical forest ecosystems on surface mined sites is a formidable challenge that requires the integration of proven reclamation techniques and reforestation strategies appropriate to specific site conditions, including landscape biodiversity patterns.
Because providing synonyms to curated terms are counted as matches, the notation of CYP1 → CYP1A1, for example, indicated that the term CYP1 was text mined, which is a valid synonym for the actual underlying curated term CYP1A1 ; alternatively, FZR1 → FZR1 indicated that the text-mined term of FZR1 exactly matched the curated term.
Middleton Park, a remnant of the manorial estate, contains a large area of ancient woodland and parts of it, where coal was mined, are designated a scheduled ancient monument.
As mined, raw ore is a nonchemical mixture of ore proper (heavy) and earthy matter, or gangue (light); the two may be largely separated by crushing the raw ore and washing away the lighter gangue.
Gold, silver and limestone are mined, and there is a strong services sector and some light manufacturing.
Monte Sant'Angelo, an ancient pilgrimage centre, and San Giovanni Rotondo, near which bauxite is mined, are the largest towns of the interior.
As agriculture and industrialisation have moved ahead elsewhere, the thousand-square-kilometre DMZ, uninhabited and heavily mined, has been a refuge for two endangered birds: the white-naped and the red-crowned crane.
Tungsten, mined since colonial times, is a major export.
Model Karlie Kloss failed to impress with a lace Valentino dress that called out for a curtain rod, but her ethically sourced, Chopard Green Carpet Collection pear, round and marquise-shaped white diamond chandelier earrings set in fair-mined gold were a dazzling distraction.
