A Legal Perspective of Construction Minerals in the US

Author

Robert Lee Aston, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Abstract

Natural resources' construction minerals, or materials, are the common "rocks" of the earth. They are the limestones, marble, dolomites, marls, sandstones, sand and gravel, granites, gneisses, and other igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks so commonly found exposed at, or near, the surface of the earth. These commonly occurring "rocks", or mixtures of minerals, are mainly used as stone aggregates (crushed stone) in highway construction and hence, called "road building" materials. Actually, enormous daily volumes are mined for construction in roads, bridges, concrete structures for buildings, homes; limestone in the production of the ubiquitous building material, cement, and clay in the manufacturing of brick. The largest segment of the mining industry world-wide is that of construction minerals.

Recommended Citation

R. L. Aston, "A Legal Perspective of Construction Minerals in the US," Mineral Resources Engineering, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 45 - 56, World Scientific Publishing Co., Jan 1998.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1142/S0950609898000079

Department(s)

Mining Engineering

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0950-6098

Document Type

Article - Journal

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Citation

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text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2024 World Scientific Publishing Co., All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 1998