Tag:man_made=spoil_heap
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 man_made = spoil_heap
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Spoil heap, piles of waste rock removed during mining 
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Spoil heaps, otherwise known as 
Spoil tip are piles of waste rock removed during mining.
This tag may also be used for piles of dredge tailings, which is the sediment that is dumped next to a river/lake when the river is dredged (made deeper using excavators and other machinery). Not to be confused with man made=tailings pond
How to map
Map the outline of the spoil heap as a closed polygon 
and tag it with man_made=spoil_heap.
- If there is a common name add name=*
Example
Monte Kali in Germany
See also
- landuse=landfill - A site for permanent or long term storage of waste
- landuse=quarry - Opencast mining for mineral or organic raw materials
- man_made=heap - a big pile of material