NAC513.030. “Mine” defined.  


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  • “Mine” means:

         1. Any area where:

         (a) Development is conducted to prepare or open any deposit of minerals; or

         (b) Minerals are extracted from a surface or subsurface deposit; or

         2. Any beneficiation plant, mill, smelter, refinery or other facility used to treat or reduce any mineral or mineral commodity, whether or not contiguous to an area where exploitation or extraction of mineral commodities occurs.

     (Added to NAC by Comm’n on Mineral Resources, eff. 2-18-88)