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A hachured outline marking a surface working.
Also known as: Opencast working symbol, Surface mine symbol
On a geological map an open pit or opencast working is drawn as an outline with hachures, marking ground excavated from the surface rather than worked underground.
A closed irregular outline with short hachures projecting inward, enclosing the excavated area.