> 現地を踏査した結果、そこには鉱物資源は埋もれていないことがわかった。Having prospected the area, we found no
> mineral deposits there.

Would you use うもれる or うずもれる for 埋もれる in this sentence?
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Should one use うもれる or うずもれる in this sentence?
According to the
[dictionary](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/thsrs/16307/meaning/m0u/), the answer
is うずもれる.

> 【３】「うもれる」は、物の中に入り込んで見えなくなる意。

うもれる is used to express that you can't see because it is hidden in the middle
of things.

> 【４】「うずもれる」は、土や雪に覆われ、見えなくなる意。

うずもれる is used to express that something is hidden under the ground or under
snow.
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My personal recommendation is using the **[Japanese → English
dictionary.](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/je/5883/meaning/m0u/)**

Here you can find many examples, so even though 埋｛うず｝もれる and 埋｛う｝もれる is
translated using the English word, "be buried",

it seems 埋｛う｝もれる has a nuance of, even though when something is "under", the
"depth" is shallower than 埋｛うず｝もれる, which as 駑馬十駕 san says, like, "in the (
very ) middle of the things".

So that I think in your case 埋｛うず｝もれる would sound better since as I said
above, minerals are not "covered in the snows, gravels.

Thank you.
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