minable
Ready for extraction
Minable describes something that can be mined—extracted from the earth through mining operations.
The term applies to ore deposits, mineral resources, or coal seams with sufficient quantity and accessibility to justify extraction: The survey identified several minable gold deposits.
By extension, minable can describe any data or information that can be systematically extracted: minable customer databases.
Also spelled mineable.
Remove earth systematically
- drillHole-boring device
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- quarryPit for extracting rock
blasting · deposit · vein · seam · ore · dig · burrow · prospector
Metal-bearing rock
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- goldElement seventy-nine
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
iron · zinc · lead · nickel · platinum · uranium · bauxite · diamonds
Able to be withdrawn
- retrievableAble to be gotten back
- harvestableReady to be reaped
- analyzableAble to be studied
- searchableCapable of being queried
database · dataset · scraping · crawling · metadata · structured · logs · repository
Producing financial benefit
- lucrativeYielding substantial profit
- viableCapable of succeeding
- valuableWorth considerable money
- exploitableAble to be abused
worthwhile · commercial · productive · reserves · commodity · investment · development · industrialization
excavate
Remove earth systematically
quarry · blasting · deposit · vein · seam · ore · dig · burrow · prospector · geology
ore
Metal-bearing rock
copper · iron · zinc · lead · nickel · platinum · uranium · bauxite · diamonds · gemstones
extractable
Able to be withdrawn
- retrievableAble to be gotten back
- harvestableReady to be reaped
- analyzableAble to be studied
searchable · database · dataset · scraping · crawling · metadata · structured · logs · repository · archive
profitable
Producing financial benefit
exploitable · worthwhile · commercial · productive · reserves · commodity · investment · development · industrialization · infrastructure
minableunextractable
Unable to be removed
inaccessible · unreachable · unrecoverable · locked · impenetrable
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