{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-22a-4-1","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 22A-4-1","heading":"Definitions.","body":"Unless the context in which used clearly requires a different meaning as used in this article:\n(a) \"Open-pit mine\" means an excavation worked from the surface and open to daylight.\n(b) \"Underground mine\" means subterranean workings for the purpose of obtaining a desired material or materials.\n(c) \"Sand\" means waterworn sandstone fragments transported and deposited by water.\n(d) \"Gravel\" means an occurrence of waterworn pebbles.\n(e) \"Sandstone\" means a compacted or cemented sediment composed chiefly of quartz grains.\n(f) \"Limestone\" means a sedimentary rock composed mostly of calcium carbonate.\n(g) \"Clay\" means a natural material of mostly small fragments of hydrous aluminum silicates and possessing plastic properties.\n(h) \"Shale\" means a laminated sedimentary rock composed chiefly of small particles of a clay grade.\n(i) \"Iron ore\" means a mineral or minerals, and gangue which when treated will yield iron at a profit.\n(j) \"Manganese ore\" means a metalliferous mineral which when treated will yield manganese at a profit.","path":["CHAPTER 22A. MINERS' HEALTH, SAFETY AND TRAINING.","ARTICLE 4. OPEN-PIT MINES, CEMENT MANUFACTURING PLANTS AND UNDERGROUND LIMESTONE AND SANDSTONE MINES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/22A-4-1/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:26:14Z","sha256":"ebc1c0f12d8a9055efa53951b04ba31658f78f1f9594e2cadc755bd7b15c78c2","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-22a-3-3","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-22a-4-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}