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What's the difference between mining tailings and spoils?

What's the difference between mining tailings and spoils?
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What's the difference between mining tailings and spoils?

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The difference is the source of the material. Spoils come from overburden and is discarded as waste. Tailings come from left over dredging of stream beds that are discarded as as waste as well.
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