Clay pit
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clay-pit-273-3299776
title:
Clay pit
text:
A clay pit is a quarry or mine for the extraction of clay, which is generally used for manufacturing pottery, bricks or Portland cement. Quarries where clay is mined to make bricks are sometimes called brick pits. A brickyard or brickworks is often located alongside a clay pit to reduce the transport costs of the raw material. Today, pottery producers are often not sited near the source of their clay and usually do not own the clay deposits. In these industries, the other essential raw material
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description:
Open-pit mining for the extraction of clay minerals
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_pit
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date modified:
2024-01-13T20:56:20Z
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