barren

English translation: insufficient quantity of minerals

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English term or phrase:barren
Selected answer:insufficient quantity of minerals
Entered by: Anthony Indra

17:07 Nov 18, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mining & Minerals / Gems / underground mining
English term or phrase: barren
Area in a typical mining layout:

- waste rock dumps (mineralised and barren)
Anthony Indra
United States
Local time: 08:51
insufficient quantity of minerals
Explanation:
Barren rock:
Rock that does not contain minerals in quantities sufficient to allow for economically profitable mining.

http://www.theresourceinvestor.com/RI-archive/gloss-mine.htm...
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 09:51
Grading comment
thanks, y'all!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +5insufficient quantity of minerals
Kim Metzger
4 +2non fertile or productive / bare (see synonyms below)
swisstell
3 +2without vegetation
Jonathan MacKerron
4 +1Infertile
kmtext


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
insufficient quantity of minerals


Explanation:
Barren rock:
Rock that does not contain minerals in quantities sufficient to allow for economically profitable mining.

http://www.theresourceinvestor.com/RI-archive/gloss-mine.htm...


Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 09:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks, y'all!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fabio Descalzi: "Barren" is usually something similar to "desert" or "sterile" - but in this very context I think you are right with your explanation!
6 mins
  -> Yes - not the usual meaning.

agree  Christina Keating (X): Said of rock or vein material containing no minerals of value, or ofstrata without coal, or containing coal in seams too thin to be workable. http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/barren
10 mins
  -> I see you're getting the hang of it, amigo.

neutral  Alfredo Tutino: "a waste rock dump" said to be "mineralised and barren" when speaking of mining area layout - to me it seems more likely to be related to ecological conditions than to mining prospects
1 hr
  -> There are two waste dumps: one is mineralised the other is not.

agree  Dave Calderhead
2 hrs

agree  Alfa Trans (X)
1 day 2 hrs

agree  NancyLynn
1 day 6 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
without vegetation


Explanation:
is how I see it

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Note added at 4 mins (2006-11-18 17:11:51 GMT)
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or "unproductive"

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Christina Keating (X): Unproductive, yes. "Without vegetation" doesn't apply in the context.
11 mins

agree  Alfredo Tutino
1 hr

agree  ErichEko ⟹⭐: The area became barren due to mineralization ...
8 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Infertile


Explanation:
A barren landscape has very little obvious plant growth, and is usually just bare rock or sand

kmtext
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GaelicGaelic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ErichEko ⟹⭐: The area became barren due to mineralization ...
8 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
non fertile or productive / bare (see synonyms below)


Explanation:
synonyms are: desolate, inhospitable, stark, sterile, unfertile,waste, bleak, wasteland

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 16:51
Native speaker of: German

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alfredo Tutino
57 mins

agree  ErichEko ⟹⭐: The area became barren due to mineralization ...
8 hrs
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