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Spoil banks

LC control no.sh 85126841
Topical headingSpoil banks
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Variant(s)Gob piles
Mine dumps
Overburden piles
Mined rock
Pit heaps
Spoil heaps
Spoil tips
See alsoEmbankments
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Excavation
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Strip mining
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Dredging spoil
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Found inBroughton, S.E. Documentation and evaluation of mine dump failures for mines in British Columbia, 1992: p. i (handle waste rock; the largest man-made structures on earth) p. 1 (have been referred to as spoil tips, Overburden piles, Mined rock)