http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValueINSPIRE Registry teamJRC-INSPIRE-SUPPORT@ec.europa.euhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/registry2015-08-18 17:18 PM CEST2015-08-18 17:18 PM CESTMining Activity TypeThe type of mining activity, processing activity, or production.http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/adit2015-08-18 17:34 PM CEST2015-08-18 17:34 PM CESTaditA horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/alluvial2015-08-18 17:34 PM CEST2015-08-18 17:34 PM CESTalluvialSaid of a placer formed by the action of running water, as in a stream channel or alluvial fan; also, said of the valuable mineral, e.g. gold or diamond, associated with an alluvial placer.http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/decline2015-08-18 17:34 PM CEST2015-08-18 17:34 PM CESTdeclinePassage or adit driven on a decline from the surface to provide access to a mine.http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/diggings2015-08-18 17:34 PM CEST2015-08-18 17:34 PM CESTdiggingsA term applied in the western U.S. to diggings for gold or other precious minerals located on a bar or in the shallows of a stream, and worked when the water is low.http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/dredging2015-08-18 17:34 PM CEST2015-08-18 17:34 PM CESTdredgingA form of open pit mining in which the digging machinery and processing plant are situated on a floating barge or hull.http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/multiple2015-08-18 17:34 PM CEST2015-08-18 17:34 PM CESTmultipleA multiple activity.http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/openPit2015-08-18 17:34 PM CEST2015-08-18 17:34 PM CESTopen pitAn open-sky excavation (also open-sky mine) for the extraction of metallic ores and /or commodities.http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/openPitAndUnderground2015-08-18 17:35 PM CEST2015-08-18 17:35 PM CESTopen pit and undergroundCovers both the open pit and underground mining activity.http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/quarry2015-08-18 17:35 PM CEST2015-08-18 17:35 PM CESTquarryOpen workings, usually for the extraction of stone.http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/reworking2015-08-18 17:35 PM CEST2015-08-18 17:35 PM CESTreworkingNew mining activities carried out on already explored mines.http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/shaft2015-08-18 17:35 PM CEST2015-08-18 17:35 PM CESTshaftA vertical or inclined excavation through which a mine is worked.http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/sluicing2015-08-18 17:35 PM CEST2015-08-18 17:35 PM CESTsluicingConcentrating heavy minerals, e.g., gold or cassiterite, by washing unconsolidated material through boxes (sluices) equipped with riffles that trap the heavier minerals on the floor of the box.http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/solutionMining2015-08-18 17:35 PM CEST2015-08-18 17:35 PM CESTsolution mining(a) The in-place dissolution of water-soluble mineral components of an ore deposit by permitting a leaching solution, usually aqueous, to trickle downward through the fractured ore to collection galleries at depth. b) The mining of soluble rock material, esp. salt, from underground deposits by pumping water down wells into contact with the deposit and removing the artificial brine thus created.http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/surfaceMining2015-08-18 17:35 PM CEST2015-08-18 17:35 PM CESTsurface miningBroad category of mining in which soil and rock overlying the mineral deposit (the overburden) are removed.http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/surfaceMiningAndUnderground2015-08-18 17:35 PM CEST2015-08-18 17:35 PM CESTsurface mining and undergroundCovers both surface and underground mining.http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/underground2015-08-18 17:35 PM CEST2015-08-18 17:35 PM CESTundergroundAn underground excavation for the extraction of mineral deposits, in contrast to surface excavationshttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/hydraulicMining2015-08-18 18:12 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:12 PM CESThydraulic miningThe recovery of desired material, generally in open pits, by means of strong jets of waterhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/subsurfaceMining2015-08-18 18:12 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:12 PM CESTsubsurface miningMining beneath the surface of the earth.http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/boreholeMining2015-08-18 18:12 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:12 PM CESTborehole miningA mineral extraction activity in which ore is extracted from the subsurface via underground mine workings (adits, shafts, drifts, stopes, etc.).http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/underwaterMining2015-08-18 18:13 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:13 PM CESTunderwater miningExtraction of a mineral product in the liquid or gaseous state from the Earth's crust by means of boreholes. Boreholes are used for mining petroleum, and for the extraction of liquid solutions of salt, sulfur, etc.http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/subaqueousVacuumPumping2015-08-18 18:13 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:13 PM CESTsubaqueous vacuum pumpingMining of underwater mineral deposits at or close to the sea, lake or river bed. May be from floating or land-based platforms involving dredging or vaccuum pumping or may use remote operated vehicle (submersible).http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/subaqueousRemoteOperatedVehicle2015-08-18 18:13 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:13 PM CESTsubaqueous remote operated vehiclenot definedhttp://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/MiningActivityTypeValue/dredgeMining2015-08-18 18:13 PM CEST2015-08-18 18:13 PM CESTdredge miningExcavation of underwater mineral resources by floating equipment. Dredging systems are classified as mechanical or hydraulic, depending on the method of material transport.