SCIAN 212221—Gold mining

Where 212221 sits

1. 21 Mining
2. 212 Mining of metallic and non-metallic minerals, except oil and gas
3. 2122 Metallic mineral mining
4. 21222 Gold and silver mining
5. 212221 Gold mining

Description

Economic units mainly engaged in the exploitation of minerals valued primarily for their gold content, such as calaverite, and beneficiation activities, such as crushing, screening, grinding, flotation and leaching, aimed at obtaining concentrates and precipitates.

Example activities

• little skull, benefit
• little skull, exploitation
• calaverita, integrated exploitation with the processing activities
• gold, profit
• gold, mining
• gold mining, integrated with processing activities
• gold, obtaining concentrates at the mine
• gold processing plants
• sylvanite, a benefit for obtaining gold
• sylvanite, integrated exploitation with gold processing activities
• sylvanite, mining for gold
• tellurides, beneficial for obtaining gold
• tellurides, integrated exploitation with gold mining activities
• tellurides, exploitation for obtaining gold

Cross-references for 212221

• Establishments primarily engaged in smelting, refining and affining of gold (331412, Smelting and refining of precious metals); to the recovery of gold and its aleations (331490, Secondary rolling of other non-ferrous metals), and gold smelting (331520, Casting of non-ferrous metal parts).

212221 in other systems