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Which is true about the waste produced from mining? (1 point)
1. Toxic waste occasionally leaks to nearby ponds.
2. Toxic waste is typically dumped in nearby ponds.
3. Toxic waste is typically dumped in ponds, but only in ponds that cannot influence the environment.
4. Toxic waste used to be dumped into nearby ponds, but not anymore.

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Toxic waste occasionally leaks to nearby ponds. That is option 1.

Wastes from mining

Mining is a process used by geologist to extract valuable minerals that are naturally deposited within the earth.

Example of such minerals are:

  • metals and coal,

  • oil shale and gemstones,

  • limestone and chalk,

  • rock salt, potash, gravel, and clay.

While mining processes are carried out, it leads to the generation of waste products such as:

  • ferrous and nonferrous metal ores,

  • sulfur ores,

  • apatite-nepheline concentrates,

  • coal wastes and halite flotation wastes.

These mining wastes can leak into the nearby ponds after a heavy down pour leading to the contamination of the ponds.

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