mining geology

noun

1. geology applied to the exploitation of mineral deposits.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mining geology¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Her career, which she calls “higgledy-piggledy,” stretches from mining geology to venture capital to banking to becoming the first female chief executive of CSIRO, an Australian scientific research agency.

From New York Times

"I wanted to see whether I would miss the job and discovered I didn't miss it much at all," says Birch, who has a doctorate in mining geology from Imperial College London.

From BusinessWeek