The Collaborative International Dictionary
strip-mined
mined \mined\ adj. extracted from a source of supply as of minerals from the earth. [Narrower terms: deep-mined; exploited; strip-mined]
Wiktionary
strip-mined
vb. (en-paststrip-mine)
WordNet
strip-mined
adj. mined near the earth's surface by stripping
Usage examples of "strip-mined".
From this eyrie, he could look out over the Great Phosphorus Marsh, to the north of which were the raked-out hills being systematically strip-mined of lortan, the mineral-rich substance the V'ornn refined into veradium.
They strip-mined the chilly planets to make environments suitable for their own variety of carbon life.
They strip-mined its outer crust and bored dozens of kilometers under its surface to extract priceless cargoes that were then shipped to consumers all over Human Space.