Across
- 3. The texture of a rock is the different sizes and shapes of the particles and their arrangement relative to one another.
- 6. The waste material left after useful minerals have been removed and chemically processed.
- 9. Restoring the land to its original state.
- 10. Soil, sand, mud, small rocks, vegetation and animal matter etc. that is carried along by wind, ice and water and eventually settles in river, lakes or the sea.
Down
- 1. Rocks formed when the weathered and eroded particles of pre-existing rocks are transported by wind or water and deposited elsewhere.
- 2. Ore which has been accumulated at the surface.
- 4. A vertical opening dug into the Earth and used for transportign miners, ore, and equipment into an underground mine. It is also used for ventilation.
- 5. The use of fire and heat to extract metals from mineral ore.
- 7. A layer of a mineral which is situated between layers of other materials e.g. rock and soil
- 8. The space left underground after the ore, rich in minerals, has been removed.