Mineral Exploration and Mining

Deposits of minerals from which metals and nonmetals can be removed profitably.

• Ore
• Conduction
• Placer Deposits
• Wire

Chalcopyrite (copper) is used for...

• in pencils, paint, lubricants, and batteries
• wiring, in coins and jewelry, building ornaments
• glass
• in gunpowder, medicines, and rubber

Graphite is used...

•  glass
• in gunpowder, medicines, and rubber
• in pencils, paint, lubricants, and batteries
• as wiring, in coins and jewelry, building ornaments

Sulfur is used...

• in gunpowder, medicines, and rubber
• as glass
• in pencils, paint, lubricants, and batteries
• as wiring, in coins and jewelry, building ornaments

Quartz is used...

• in gunpowder, medicines, and rubber
• as glass
•  in pencils, paint, lubricants, and batteries
• as wiring, in coins and jewelry, building ornaments

How do we harvest geologic resources?

• With a combine.
• With a chainsaw.
• With a drill.
• With a boat.

What is one of the most common rocks on the planet? Made of quartz, mica, and feldspar.

• Limonite
• Granite
• Limestone
• Gneiss

What is true about minerals?

• They are naturally occurring and inorganic.
• They are organic and inorganic.

Most minerals are made from compounds.

• True
• False

Ores are minerals that are valuable and economical to extract.

• True

• False