mineable

Ready for extraction

Mineable describes something that can be extracted through mining.

A mineable deposit of ore contains enough valuable material to justify the effort of extraction.

The term applies to physical resources like coal or gold, and extends to data: The database contains mineable insights about consumer behavior.

Also spelled minable.

viability

extractable

Able to be withdrawn

profitable · economical · exploitable · commercial · feasible · productive · viable · proven · probable · indicated

resources

ore

Metal-bearing rock

  • mineralNaturally formed crystalline solid
  • coalCombustible sedimentary rock
  • goldElement seventy-nine

copper · iron · bauxite · nickel · zinc · uranium · platinum · silver · diamond · gemstone

extraction

excavation

Act of unearthing

blasting · digging · shaft · pit · opencast · dredging · seam · lode · deposit · overburden

data

dataset

Organized collection of information

metadata · analytics · patterns · insights · text · corpus · archive · records · repository · extractable

Opposites
extractability

mineableunmineable

Cannot be profitably extracted

unextractable · inaccessible · unworkable · depleted · exhausted

resource content

mineablebarren

Unable to produce

sterile · empty · worthless · valueless · devoid

Family

mine, mining, miner, undermine, minerals, mines, undermined, mined, miners

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G