NOUN
- the branch of economic geology that deals with the applications of geology to mining
How To Use mining geology In A Sentence
- Thanks to the region's uniquely complex and metalliferous geology, it became known in the industry as ‘the best graduate school of mining geology in the country.’
- He made fundamental contributions to mining geology and metallurgy, mineralogy, structural geology, and paleontology.
- Mining geologists, petroleum geologists, and hydrogeologists are highly qualified specialists; degrees in mining geology have been given for about 150 years at various universities.