MINDEP/RESOURCES

any naturally occurring material from which a mineral or aggregate of value can be extracted at a profit

• mineral
• rock
• ore
• gemstone

masses of rock that contain ore and from which the commodity of value will be extracted

• metallic ores
• rock formations
• mineral reserves
• ore bodies

ores that may potentially be extracted at some time in the future

• reserves
• resources

• waste
• deposits

ore that is economically feasible to mine and for which there are no legal or engineering impediments to mining

• resources

• reserves

• restricted ore
• unminable ore

are natural enrichments of the metal in the Earth’s crust, they are geochemical anomalies.

• resources

• ore deposits

• mineral reserves

• Soil compositions

Concentration or occurrence of material of intrinsic economic interest in or on the Earth’s crust

• Rock formation
• Mineral resource

• Ore body
• Ore reserve

Economically mineable part of a mineral resource where modifying factors have been considered

• Ore reserve

• Mineral deposit
• Mineral resource
• Ore bodies

are rock bodies in which there is a naturally enriched concentration of one or more metals and from which it is economic to extract these metals

(a)  

are known accumulations of ore minerals which have the potential to be identified as ore deposits with thorough exploration, for instance drilling

• Prospects
• Mineral Rights
• Deposits
• Reserves

are accumulations of ore minerals that are smaller and are too small to be economical to extract

• Economic ore deposits
• Occurences

• Mineral reserves

• Subeconomic ore deposits