Gold, silver, and coal have been mined in the past and are still being mined today. However, new technologies and increasing demand have also led to the mining of rare earth elements, lithium, and copper in more recent times.
To quarry something is to mine it (as in the mineral usage of the word), so a synonym for 'quarried' could be 'mined'.
The first diamonds were mined in India, with the exact date being uncertain due to the long history of diamond mining in the region. It is believed that diamonds were being mined in India as early as the 4th century BC.
Bronze is an alloy made from copper and tin, rather than being mined directly. Copper and tin are both mined separately, and then they are combined in specific proportions to create bronze. Copper is typically found in mines around the world, while tin is less common and is mainly sourced from countries like China, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
The Inca's mined various metals like gold, silver, and copper. These metals were used for crafting jewelry, ornaments, and tools. The Inca Empire had extensive mining operations in the Andes mountains.
copper !
If you are referring to the current news story about the trapped miners, they are in a gold and silver mine.
you don't mine beds
Iron Ore
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The oldest versions of that tale don't say what they mined for, only that they were miners.Disney probably had them mine for "diamonds" because hey, why not, the notion of there being gems in a mine is simpler to draw than them extracting ores (rock of a slightly different color from the surrounding rock) and then smelting it into metals. They could have mined gold, I suppose; gold is found uncombined.
Basalt is mined at Mt Sylvia in southeast Queensland. It is also mined at the Bunbury basalt mine at Gelorup in Western Australia. It is quarried in smaller quantities at various other locations. "The Basalt Mine" in eastern New South Wales is not a basalt mine, but an open cut gold mine.
Levian Chocolate Diamonds are mined in the Argyle mine of Western Australia. The Diamonds are only found in that mine. This is why they are pretty expensive.
Neptunium is an artificial element; it is not mined.
It was an asbestos mine.