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mineable
adjective
(alsominable)uk /ˈmaɪn.ə.bəl/ us /ˈmaɪn.ə.bəl/
If coal, iron, or another substance is mineable, it is available and able to be dug out of the ground:
The amount of soil that must be removed in proportion to the amount of mineable coal is strictly regulated.
It is economics that determines whether or not a deposit is minable.
An ore reserve is the economically mineable part of a resource.
The deposits were not extensive and the mineable gold was soon extracted.
They will plan a drilling programme in order to reach an estimate of the mineable tonnage of coal.
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