English
Noun
mullock
- Rock refuse from which gold, other mineral|minerals or other valuable material, for example opal, has been extracted. Mullock can also be generated in the search for minerals or during the mining process, for example when sinking a shaft.
Quotations
1996, w:Janette Turner Hospital|Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 4
:On certain days, when hot currents shimmered off Oyster's Reef, we would detect the chalk-dust of the mullock heaps, acrid; or, from the opal mines themselves, the ghastly fug of the tunnels and shafts.
Related terms
mine
External links
Mullock dumping issues in central Victoria, Australia
Category: Mining
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