What is the difference between an open pit mine, a quarry and an underground mine with shafts?

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Chapter 5

NCERT

Class 10

Geography

Solutions

1. What is the difference between an open pit mine, a quarry and an underground mine with shafts?

Question:

What is the difference between an open pit mine, a quarry and an underground mine with shafts?

Answer:

Open pit mine is done for those minerals which lie close to the surface of the earth.
Quarrying is used for mining minerals which are at shallow depths.
Underground mining with shafts is used for minerals which lie at great depths below the surface of the earth.

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