What is Overburden?
{{No sources}} [[File:Lark Quarry - overburden.jpg|thumb|Overburden above a dinosaur track in [[Australia]]]] '''Overburden''' is the [[material]] that sits on top of an area where [[Mining|miners]] or [[Archaeology|archaeologists]] want to dig. In mining, it is usually the [[soil]] or [[rock (geology)|rock]] that sits on top of a [[coal]] or [[ore]] deposit. The soil needs to be removed to get to the minerals or objects below. [[Category:Mining]] {{science-stub}}