Prospecting means activities considered normal and reasonably necessary to retrieve samples of subsurface geologic sediments for the specific purpose of locating, mapping, and determining the quality and quantity of sedimentary strata or natural deposits.
Prospecting means the act of searching for or investigating a mineral deposit. "Prospecting" includes, but is not limited to, sinking shafts, tunneling, drilling core and bore holes and digging pits or cuts and other works for the purpose of extracting samples prior to commencement of development or extraction operations, and the building of roads, access ways, and other facilities related to such work. The term does not include those activities which cause no or very little surface disturbance, such as airborne surveys and photographs, use of instruments or devices which are hand carried or otherwise transported over the surface to make magnetic, radioactive, or other tests and measurements, boundary or claim surveying, location work, or other work which causes no greater land disturbance than is caused by ordinary lawful use of the land by persons not prospecting. The term also does not include any single activity which results in the disturbance of a single block of land totaling one thousand six hundred square feet or less of the land's surface, not to exceed two such disturbances per acre; except that the cumulative total of such disturbances will not exceed five acres statewide in any prospecting operation extending over twenty-four consecutive months.
Prospecting means intentionally searching for any mineral by means of any method-
Examples of Prospecting in a sentence
Prospecting techniques including radio frequency electromagnetic, magnetic acoustic emission sonics, terrain conductivity, ground penetrating radar, and select excavation shall be used by the Professional to provide a comprehensive horizontal map and give an indication of vertical position.
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Prospecting means engaging in the examination of an area for the
Prospecting means searching or exploring for samples of gold, silver or other precious minerals, using nonmotorized methods, from among small quantities of aggregate.
Prospecting means engaging in the examination of an area for the purpose of determining the quality and quantity of nonferrous metallic minerals, other than for exploration or bulk sampling but including the obtaining of a nonferrous metallic mineral sample, by such physical means as excavating, trenching, construction of shafts, ramps and tunnels and other means, other than for exploration or bulk sampling, which the department, by rule, identifies, and the production of prospecting refuse and other associated activities. “Prospecting” shall not include such activi- ties when the activities are, by themselves, intended for and capa- ble of commercial exploitation of the underlying nonferrous ore body. However, the fact that prospecting activities and construc- tion may have use ultimately in mining, if approved, shall not mean that prospecting activities and construction constitute min- ing within the meaning of sub. (9), provided such activities and construction are reasonably related to prospecting requirements.
Prospecting means the search for deposits of polymetallic nodules in the Area, including estimation of the composition, sizes and distributions of deposits of polymetallic nodules and their economic values, without any exclusive rights;
Prospecting means intentionally searching, whether by way of excavations or otherwise, for any mineral or group of minerals with a view to delineating or evaluating deposits or concentrations of any such mineral or group of minerals, but does not include “mining”;
Prospecting means the search for deposits of polymetallic sulphides in the Area, including estimation of the composition, sizes and distributions of deposits of polymetallic sulphides and their economic values, without any exclusive rights;
Prospecting means operations of any kind in the course of exploring for minerals except such as involve the disturbance of land or water by machinery or explosives, and "to prospect" has a corresponding meaning;