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  2. California Geological Survey - Wikipedia

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    The California Geological Survey has had many names over its history. The original Geological Survey of California was replaced in April 1880 by the new California State Mining Bureau. This was renamed the Division of Mines in 1927. In 1962 the division's name was expanded to be California Division of Mines and Geology, a name that lasted until ...

  3. Mining geology - Wikipedia

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    Applications. Planetary geology. Geology portal. v. t. e. Mining geology is an applied science which combines the principles of economic geology and mining engineering to the development of a defined mineral resource. Mining geologists and engineers work to develop an identified ore deposit to economically extract the ore.

  4. Environmental impact of mining - Wikipedia

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    Environmental impact of mining can occur at local, regional, and global scales through direct and indirect mining practices. Mining can cause erosion, sinkholes, loss of biodiversity, or the contamination of soil, groundwater, and surface water by chemicals emitted from mining processes. These processes also affect the atmosphere through carbon ...

  5. Challans - Wikipedia

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    challans.fr. 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Challans (French: [ʃalɑ̃]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Challans station has rail connections to Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie and Nantes.

  6. Mining engineering - Wikipedia

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    Mining in the engineering discipline is the extraction of minerals from the ground. Mining engineering is associated with many other disciplines, such as mineral processing, exploration, excavation, geology, metallurgy, geotechnical engineering and surveying. A mining engineer may manage any phase of mining operations, from exploration and ...

  7. Monterey Formation - Wikipedia

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    Heavy oil saturated sandstone from a unit of the Monterey Formation. The Monterey Formation is an extensive Miocene oil-rich geological sedimentary formation in California, with outcrops of the formation in parts of the California Coast Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, and on some of California's off-shore islands. The type locality is near the city ...

  8. Colorado Geological Survey - Wikipedia

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    1992 – The Colorado Geological Survey is placed under the newly formed Division of Minerals and Geology, a regulatory agency. 2005 – The legislature re-establishes the Colorado Geological Survey as a separate Division in the Department of Natural Resources. 2013 – CGS is transferred to the Colorado School of Mines.

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